I remember it well. I couldn’t resist trolling the “Y2k, the end is near” threads. MOST of the “true believers” simply disappeared as soon as it was over.
I remember in particular the poster "Jethro Tull". He was adamant that civilization would come to an end and was bragging on all the generators and fuel he had stockpiled at his house.
I used to tease him that we would all find him, because his generator and lights would attract us to his house like moths to a porch light. Then he'd say how he would take his shotgun and shoot us all. Such a nice guy!
I'll ping him to this reply but I think he's long gone - just like all those COBOL jobs that put my wife in the big bucks for a while.