Shock Scale

last updated 5.5.09

1. 1/1/08: Partying a little overboard
2. 3/24/08: Bear Stearns falls, then bought by JPMorgan Chase
3. April 2008: Prudential Real Estate Broker tries to steal $200 cash from my pocket
4. May 2008: ConEd charges me $2,500 extra for gas costs due to a mistake they made.  However, ConEd refuses to make amends…
5. June 2008: Best friends visits from different countries/states while I spendmultiple late nights in the office
6. 9/15/08: Lehman files for bankruptcy; Merrill Lynch bought by Bank of America
7. 9/25/08: Wamu bought by JPMorgan Chase
8. 9/29/08: Dow drops 778 pts (surpassing decline on day after 9/11)
9. October 2008: Massive layoffs at major investment banks (Merrill Lynch, Citi, etc.) from October through November
10. 12/11/08: Bernie Madoff arrested for $50+bn Ponzi scheme; later pled guilty on 3/12/09 for $65bn fraud
11. 1/15/09: US Airways 1549 lands in Hudson River; all aboard safe
12. 3/9/09: Dow at lowest point (6,500) since peak of 14,000+ in Oct. 2007
13. 3/19/09: House passes H.R.1586 (the “90% tax on bonuses” bill)
14. 3/25/09: Craigslist rental scam sends me to the front doors of a museum;  ad states the indicated address was the dwelling of a possible rental property—yeah, for ART!
15. 3/26/09: Grandmother passes away
16. 4/4/09: China’s widening gender gap triggers more problems
17. 4/30/09: A/H1N1 virus (“Swine” flu) creates panic; W.H.O. alert level raised to 5