Of course, "the calm before the storm" and the whole eruption of the Middle East with Israel trying to destroy Hezbollah. Plus the North Korean missiles. These "hot spots" have boiled over. And there are disasters like the wildfires in California, and the flooding that happened in the last month in this area.

And i do feel very helpless politically. Yet oil is at an all-time high. So no matter what happens, someone is getting rich....