OUR OPINION; BE Y2KOOL; THERE'S A TIME FOR GOING OUTRAGEOUS, BUT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE COOL-HEADED CAUTION OUGHT TO BE THE RULE OF THUMB.With worries about Y2K See Y2K problem and Y2K compliant. Y2K - Year 2000 glitches and terrorists and millennium drunks on streets, it's no wonder so many people are planning on staying home this New Year's Eve. Still, the fear of Y2K destruction or violence should not deter anyone from going out and celebrating with their friends and neighbors. All of the city-sponsored events including the line-dancing celebration at the Van Nuys Airport Van Nuys Airport (IATA: VNY, ICAO: KVNY, FAA LID: VNY) is a public airport located in Van Nuys, California in the San Fernando Valley, within the Los Angeles city limits. will be heavily guarded. Enormous expense and effort has gone into reducing computer foul-ups, and a massive law enforcement presence will get drunks and troublemakers off the streets. We hope heroics won't be needed. But you can do so much more to make sure that this year New Year's Eve celebration is the safest one ever. For starters, leave the gun locked up in your house. Shooting bullets in the air may be a tradition in some parts of the world, but here in densely populated Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. it is a potential killer. People can die from falling bullets, even one of your loved ones loved ones npl → seres mpl queridos loved ones npl → proches mpl et amis chers loved ones love npl . Police Chief Bernard C. Parks Bernard Parks (born December 7, 1943 in Beaumont, Texas) is a member of the Los Angeles City Council, representing the 8th District in South Los Angeles and former Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department. Parks attended Los Angeles City College, received his B.S. pledged to arrest anyone caught firing a weapon into the air. We support this wholeheartedly whole·heart·ed adj. Marked by unconditional commitment, unstinting devotion, or unreserved enthusiasm: wholehearted approval. whole . Second, don't drink and drive. This, too, is an unfortunate tradition in Los Angeles. And it's one that not only hurts the drunkard One who habitually engages in the overindulgence of alcohol. In order for an individual to be labeled a drunkard, drunkenness must be habitual or must recur on a constant basis. , but innocent people. Third, don't panic if the lights go out or some problems develop. There is no reason to expect the worst, even though glitches may occur in the power system, telephone lines, cash machines or anything else electronic. The best way to handle the situation is to act prudently and work with neighbors to make sure everyone nearby is taken care of. In all likelihood, no utilities will go out and if they do, not for very long. Take reasonable precautions like storing some bottled water, nonperishable foods, batteries and extra cash. We can sometimes be our own worst enemies if we get too carried away. Everyone is treating this as the momentous event it is the only turn of the century and new millennium we will ever get to celebrate. With a little class and caution, everyone will make it through the weekend in one piece. Our advice: Be cool, don't panic, have a happy year 2000. |
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