by Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse Blog:

I have a feeling that October is going to be one of the most tumultuous months that we have seen in a really long time.  Ports all along the East Coast and all along the Gulf Coast are about to shut down, and that could throw U.S. supply chains into a state of chaos for an extended period of time.  Meanwhile, vast areas of the South are just starting to recover from a “once in a generation storm” that has done about 100 billion dollars in total damage.  Sadly, economic conditions in those states will not return to normal for the foreseeable future.  On top of everything else, we are less than 40 days away from a presidential election which threatens to absolutely rip this country apart.  If you can’t see the storm clouds that are rapidly approaching at this point, you must have your head in the sand.