Personal Preparedness

Governor of California, Office of Emergency Preparedness: Y2K Individual and Family Preparedness

• Among the services which may suffer potential disruptions are the delivery of utilities such as electricity, water and gas; electronic financial transactions; transportation; and health care. These potential disruptions may create emergency situations that can be mitigated with some advance individual and family preparedness planning. Because it is impossible to determine at this time exactly what the impact might be, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (OES) is encouraging California residents to prepare now for Y2K using similar steps as those used for other emergencies such as earthquakes and severe winter weather.