due to the year 2000," Grasso predicts.
Coordinators at the Medical School have also been hard at work to ensure that there are no widespread interruptions of power or water that could paralyze long-term and irreplaceable research experiments.
"Each department has prepared
their own department-specific emergency preparedness contingency plan and will have one or more representatives working on New Year's Eve to monitor their labs, systems and other equipment," says Jane Garfield, local coordinator for the Medical School's operations.
In case matters do go awry, Garfield says emergency generators, supply trucks of dry ice and diesel fuel will all be standing by.
The End Is Near
As overseers of the project for the last two years, they act as liaisons between a myriad of local coordinators, administrative deans and vice presidents, each of whom have reviewed and approved contingency plans.
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