Dionne emphasizes that this measure will probably simply be a source of emotional support for tenants.
"A lot of this is just reassurance," she says.
A Y2K hotline (349-4842) has also been created for Cantabrigians to call if they have Y2K-related questions.
Some Things Never Change
Despite the city's increasing reliance on computers in the information age, some of its systems rely on old-fashioned devices and were never under a Y2K threat to begin with.
For example, Cambridge currently receives its water from Waltham's Quabbin Reservoir through the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). Most of the MWRA's control systems are mechanical, according to Timothy W.D. MacDonald, the city's manager of water operations.
"It's all old, reliable pneumatic and mechanical technology...which I believe is Y2K-compliant," MacDonald quips.
MacDonald says there is "very little likelihood" of a water disruption.
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