Y2 Cray

APUSH into the Past

Prior to the new millennium technology was advancing at a slower rate than today, yet programmers had caused a mass panic among people not only in the United States, but worldwide. Starting from the question of whether the programs with a two digit code for the year, (ex. 98 for 1998) would successfully carry over to 2000 without the first two digits turned into frenzy. People began believing all technology would shut down which led to paranoia. This paranoia spread and even more irrational fears started, with the belief that all technology and electricity would fail. Many held true to the fact that with the new year would come an apocalypse. Shawn Simpson is a central Pennsylvanian who was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1971. He was raised in Pennsylvania, moving around schools frequently, never sitting in the same place for long periods of time. He furthered his education for four years of college at HACC. He married Marry Staub in the January of 1999 to put some more fun in what he considered a banal and dreary month. As the new millennium and the threat of Y2K was approaching he was preparing for a child due in four months. Shawn did not buy into the paranoia of Y2K, and in a way, hoped everything would malfunction, finding a sense of ironic humor in the midst.