Originally published December 1, 1999
The pressure has never been greater to make it to midnight — if for no other reason that to count yourself among the millennial masses when the great odometer in the sky turns to 2-0-0-0. Like missing Woodstock, it will be hard to explain to future generations how — and why — you slept through Y2K eve. Or, depending on how things go, what you did to prepare for it.
Here’s what some notable Vermonters are doing … or not.
Judge F. Ray Keyser, Chelsea
retired Vermont Supreme Court judge
“I plan to stay up until 12 because, if I make it that far, I will have lived in three centuries. Not three generations — three centuries.”
Yolanda, Burlington
drag queen
“I am going to be running through the streets naked with a strap-on dildo in Montréal.”
Jessica Oski, Burlington
assistant city attorney
“A lot of people I know are going to Florida, but I’m supposed to be present at the Burlington Emergency Operation Center, located at the Burlington Police Station, in the event of any Y2K emergency.”
This article appears in Dec 30, 2015 – Jan 5, 2016.
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