Brace for the blow. A good friend works for Yahoo and has a 1000 square foot house in San Fran that he paid $550k for in 2005. I texted him this morning to wish him well today after I read about the Yahoo layoffs. He was waiting to see what the day would bring. The last time we had a wave of these layoffs it started around August of 2008. The internet was buzzing about the possibility of a stock market crash. Things got freaky real quick. We certainly are not in the condition as a nation that we were in in 2008. People are out of savings. Most households lost a considerable amount of income. We are on the edge after being kicked down the road for 4-5 years. To me the circumstances look very similar to the ones in late summer or 2008 only there is no safety net. All of the crooked cards have been played. Everyone is wise to the game. I am planting a mega garden this year - 50' x 70'. I started 1000s of seeds in Jiffy pots this year so I could get all my friends and family to start or increase their garden.