My recollection is that there could be real problems, but the solutions were already planned and appropriate resources allocated prior to media hype. I recall

My recollection is that there could be real problems, but the solutions were already planned and appropriate resources allocated prior to media hype. I recall being in Seattle on New Years Eve and there were cops everywhere in full battle dress with armored personnel carriers and nobody was out partying like it was 1999, which was a shame because the weather was unusually mild.