I don’t think it’s goofy at all. I’m at the epicenter in Washington State and it’s serious, more than most people think. Everywhere you go they are taking precautions, schools closed, sporting events canceled, just about every place that has some sort of event has been canceled. But the biggest problem is the world economy is taking a beating. The US stock market has been hammered all week, airline stocks, energy stocks, just about every stock is down. The Port of Seattle and Los Angeles are 2 of the largest ports in the US, both are like a ghost town, no ships bringing in goods from China. China is pretty much shut down and we get a tremendous amount of goods and raw materials from China. What’s going to happen when the supply chain runs out. Look what’s going on in Italy. I think and others that I’ve talked to think we are headed for a worldwide recession. If it does get to that point I think it might be worse than it was in 2007 – 2008 recession.
We have toilet paper now and bottled water in the stores, no need to go out and buy 5 Costco size packages of of Toilet paper like some people were.