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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Except those things (and equivalents) are happening all the time, every year.
They may be new where they're happening *this* year but last year there were still people under drought (in the south east) getting flooded (the Dakotas), getting hurricaned...
(If anything, we've been lucky with hurricanes out in the Atlantic region.)
Disasters are only new when they happen to you.
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It isn't like half of Texas BURNED 3 or 4 years ago because um we had NO moisture of any kind for 2 straight years. Half our lakes are still gone.
So yes, things happen every year.
This time last year, I know people that were making money hand over fist. I also know many people that were struggling last year just to eat.
This year it is worse in some ways than last year. Other things have improved.
So no the economy has very little to do with pleasure book buying. People will still buy what they want regardless of what is going on around them.