[metal_geek]

Here is a email from someone we know in iceland right now... The names have been removed because this is .. well... the intertoobs...

Hi. Well, these are bad bad times. 2 of our 3 banks have gone bankrupt, and the third one is one it´s way, I´m told. The government have taken over the banks and are trying to save what can be saved but it´s bad here now. Businesses are going bankrupt left and right this week, people are losing their jobs, food is scarce and everything is getting more expensive than you could dream of. Since last week, food and clothes and stuff has gone up 50% percent but that´s just the start, we think food at least will go up almost 100%, even more. Lots of people won´t be able to buy food, let alone pay bills. Our government is trying to tell us something each day, but with each of them, the news get worse. People are really confused and getting real scared. I know I will keep my job, but that doesn´t pay well (but at least I have a job). has his job and will have, IF the business doesn´t go bankrupt. I went shopping yesterday and there was no pasta left, no wheat, no sugar, no canned goods... I almost thought people were going to start fighting for the food in the aisles.
We have no idea what will happen, nobody seems to know. We are one of the ,,lucky ones" though, at least yet, we didn´t lose a lot of money, we have jobs at least for now, and we have food and heat, at least for now. But it´s sad, people are frightened and don´t know what to do :-( :-(