Reader PlusTax says he got an email (above) advertising disaster preparedness supplies from Bed Bath and Beyond a few hours after the recent earthquake in California.

I got this flyer this morning via email less than 24 hours after our “massive” Earthquake out here in Los Angeles. Between the local news media being a bit reactionary by preparing us for doomsday and this, It’s time to move back east to Chicago and more solid but a bit colder ground.

Quick thinking, BB&B… you have to strike while the ground is still shakin’.

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