Re: America's First Fireworks: GUAM!

[Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is that America? - or merely the United States? The rest of us can note
that the  new year really begins in Kiribati, a bunch of atolls kind of
nation which will probably not survive the new century, never mind the
millennium - the greenhouse effect will drown them long before (highest
point, 7 metres).
This list seems to have degenerated into touchy feely new age sludge -
can't someone get a decent fight going about when the new millenium really
starts or some such and restore its entertainment value.
Happy whatever - Andrew

>List,
>
>	Lliving on the island of Guam, an American colony which is on the other
>side of the date line, means that for America, this is where the New Year
>begins. When it is midnight of the 31st on Guam it will be 6AM of the 30th
>in San Francisco and 9AM of the 301st in NYC.  If that makes your head
>hurt, don't try to figure it out, just call a telephone operator to find
>out what time it is in Guam.
>
>IF there are Y2K problems for America, this is where they will begin.
>
>AND, this is where America's First Fireworks will take place.
>
>I'll be spend the evening with an assistant setting up fast computers to
>transmit digital stills of the events to the WWW world. We'll be on the
>21st floor of the Outrigger hotel in Tumon Bay, Guam.
>
>We'll have full battery back-up for all the computer equipment (just in
>case of a Y2K power problem).
>
>Beginning about 9pm Guam time on the 31st (3AM 31st San Francisco, 6 AM NYC)
> we'll begin posting pictures of New Year's revelers to the net. We'll be
>shooting with Kodak/Nikon DCS 420 and a Nikon 950 digital cameras.
>Additional cameras will be 3 or 4-35mm Canon, 1-6x7cm Bronica, 1 or 2 -
>4x5, 1-6x12cm and one 6x17cm.
>
>You can see the results at the following pages:
>
>http://www.avisoinc.com/guam2000   Checkl out the Millennium pages
>
>and beginning about 9pm NYC (today) (6pm SFO today)  there will, sporadicly
>appear street scenes of New Year's revelery in the tourist center of Guam.
>Hard Rock, Planet Hollywood, GameWorks etc., amidst shoulder to shoulder
>5Star hotels.
>
>Just a few test shots up for now.
>
>Enjo
>At Your Service,
>                         Mitch Warner
>
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