Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (57451)	8/1/2004 5:06:43 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793690

The first thing I did on 9/11 was call my husband and tell him to come home. The second thing I did was pick up the kids. I left so fast I was still barefoot when I got to the school. The third thing I did was go to an ATM and take out a lot of cash. The fourth thing I did was go to Costco and buy food, water, flashlights, batteries,candles, matches, Sterno, cat food, dog food, toilet paper. One of the reasons I moved my office to my home was so I could get the kids if need be. They have been instructed where to wait for me unless I've told them that I won't be anywhere near home during the day. Most families around here, as you know, don't have that flexibility. I have let my routine lapse. I no longer have a stash of cash in the house, I no longer have extra bags and boxes of cat food, dog food, toilet paper, etc. Sometimes I think that it was people like me stocking up on many months worth of supplies that got us out of the 9/11 recession. There was a moment in the almost empty Costco I'll never forget, three or four other people pushing the extra large carts, stocking up on necessities, with thoughtful expressions, and looking at each other and recognizing kindred spirits. The crowds were still home watching TV.