Y2K worrywarts, it seems, are hoarding more than bottled water and canned food.
From the time.com
Y2K is a numeronym and was the common abbreviation for the year 2000 software problem.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Y2K turned out to be a fizzer, will the solstice stand up and be counted as the day to end all days?
From the couriermail.com.au
Y2K will be the nonevent of the millennium.
From the time.com
Y2K is nigh, and you suddenly realise you have no idea how to survive the destruction of civilisation as we know it.
From the newscientist.com
Y2K proved an empty threat.
From the online.wsj.com
Y2K fears and the spread of the Christian Identity movement, which counts whites as the chosen people, have also helped growth.
From the time.com
Y2K is now a year closer.
From the time.com
Interestingly you quoted Bookers y2k blunder, but he says something nasty about the EU every week, is a ten year old howler all you can find in nearly 500 weekly outbursts.