“The problem is the U.S. is such a big hole. People are afraid that even more trillions of

“The problem is the U.S. is such a big hole. People are afraid that even more trillions of dollars will not help much. What they’ve done doesn’t seem to have worked so far. We are facing another crisis, the banks are still insolvent and the economy isn’t getting better.”

Francis Lun

General manager of Fulbright Securities Ltd. in Hong Kong.

“I don’t know how I made it. I tried to keep the kids calm. We just prayed.”

Sue Rose

Lone Grove, Okla., resident, who rode out a tornado by huddling with family members in a trailer at a mobile home park.