Spare a thought for the poor semiconductor industry (on which our lives critically depend).

As climate chickens come home to roost in the USA in the form of Hurricane Helene, the main source of an essential ingredient to all hi-tech (high-purity quartz) has ceased production due to flooding in North Carolina.

What’s going to happen? Amid all the other distractions in the world right now, we’ll just have to wait and see.