By Vincent Higgins, Keogh & Associates Consulting, LLC
A few weeks ago Houston was hit by hurricane Ike. I remember visiting Wal-Mart the day before the hurricane was to hit. There were about 600 people in the store, all in a panic, emptying the shelves of food, water and batteries, in preparation for what the storm might bring. Two men were fighting over a flashlight in the sporting goods section. The checkout lines offered more than an hour wait. Then I went next door to fill the tank with gas. The pumps had hand written signs on them that read “no gas”. Finally I tried to get some cash at the ATM machine. The little screen read “no cash”. After several weeks without electricity, eating canned food, and reading by candle light, everything seems to be back to normal in Houston…
