Contemporary Y2K coverage included apocalyptic scenarios such as international monetary crisis, domestic unrest, and airplanes falling from the sky.

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"Contemporary Y2K coverage included apocalyptic scenarios such as international monetary crisis, domestic unrest, and airplanes falling from the sky."

A Washington Post feature published immediately before the rollover explicitly recorded these Y2K doomsday scenarios as part of the period's public fear.

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Source title Fear

Source authors Tracy Thompson

Source year 1999

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