December 15, 1999: Open Lines - Y2K
Aug 16, 2024•2 hr 51 min•Season 1999Ep. 615
Episode description
Art Bell opens the phone lines with Y2K just sixteen days away, fielding calls from across North America as anxiety builds toward the millennium rollover. He reports that a Nebraska bank posted signs limiting cash withdrawals to three thousand dollars, sparking the very panic officials hoped to avoid. Massachusetts officials, meanwhile, prepare to monitor the transition from a concrete bunker forty feet underground. Callers from Alaska describe glaciers in unprecedented retreat, with mountain… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/december-15-1999-open-lines-y2k
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