Tues. Show Prep - Bank run edition at ProductionNinja.com

cnet: Did you ever hear the phrase “if you can keep your head while those about you are losing theirs, you don’t understand the situation”? Usually that’s me… while others are running to the nearest gas station to fill-up because of the latest hurricane, I remind people that I walk to work anyway. This time however, I did get a sinking feeling: The Bank of America website has been down for most of the day. I wouldn’t say that I panicked, but when I couldn’t get to the website I did in fact look to see if I could find any new stories about my bank failing. Am I alone here, or would your first thought when you couldn’t get to your banks website be “sweet merciful crap, my bank failed!”?
AJC: Speaking of panicking needlessly, many Atlanta-area gas stations are running out of fuel. It’s not because of any supply disruption, it’s just because people think there will be a supply disruption and they all go out and top off their gas tanks. The result? Plastic bags on the gas pumps for people who actually need gas. Did I mention I walk to work?
Sun-Crimes: It seems like darned near every town in America has decided that banning smoking in various public places is the thing to do. Plenty of restaurants have biten the dust because of smoking bans, and even more bars have hit hard times. But now there’s a new casualty: casinos. In Illinois, casinos are reporting nearly 1 million fewer visitors in the first 8 months of their smoking ban.
USA Today: Later this week I’m going to do something I’ve never done before: early voting. Apparently I’m not alone, some estimates say that nearly a third of the electorate will vote early this year. I’ll let you know how my first early voting experience goes. As they say in my hometown, vote early and vote often…
Bonus story: Dane Cook is not funny… well, this isn’t news. Everyone knows that. But in addition to being painfully unfunny, Dane Cook is now homeless. There was really no reason for me to post that, aside from the fact that I hate Dane Cook with the fire of a thousand suns.

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1 Kevin
September 23, 2008 at 4:51 am

In regards to the banks, I had the same thing happen to the RFCU website yesterday morning. It did give me pause, with thoughts that maybe I should’ve kept some money under the mattress, after all :\