In August 12, 2010, the U.S. State Department issued a global travel warning. It basically went ignored by the main-stream media until the first weekend in October. It then became a news story. Joe couldn't figure out why, but on Sunday, October 3, 2010, the story became an all day periodic report on the cable news channels with 24 hour news cycles.
October seemed to be a strange time of year to be issuing a travel warning. It's a month away from most U.S. holidays and travel was lighter than usual during the period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving weekend. It's actually the ideal time to travel comfortably with little interruption by other passengers. There are more frequently available first-class seats.
It suddenly dawned on Joe that it was the beginning of the 4th fiscal quarter. As long as the public was distracted by the new terror warnings, they might not see the stock market begin its slide into the darkness from which it will never recover. The distracted unwashed masses won't clamor to get onto the same planes the bankers and businessmen were using to finally escape with everyone elses cash.
