As a weather nut, I am familiar with this feeling, as I find myself in the same frame of mind as when a major hurricane is hurtling toward the coast -- I see the impending damage days in advance, and know many are unprepared and even unsuspecting, and that life for many will never be the same. Even though I need to work, and I do to a degree, I check back for updates more often than they can appear, armchair-quarterback every prediction, and try to out-do the "experts" as to what the steering currents really are. The difference, though, is that this time "the storm" affects the entire country, including me.

Even my wife doesn't make disparaging remarks about my "economic doom" statements anymore.