since 1888 that a weather-related event has caused a two-day shutdown. the last time was a blizzard that left drifts as high as 40 feet in the streets of new york city. chris, there have been plans to allow electronic trading to go forward today on the new york stock exchange. as we were just hearing a moment ago, with all the mass transit shut down in and out of manhattan, the risks were determined to be too great. we have to wait and see what happens tomorrow. >> this wide swath of the east coast, the mid-atlantic up into my neck of the woods in the great lakes area, a lot of people not going to work. a lot of people not out shopping. what do we know about the potential financial impact? >> the impact we've seen so far is the u.s. dollar is higher, so a lot of commodities are under pressure. wti is even getting hit because -- this is an interesting thing. because concerns are mounting about the economic impact from sandy. gasoline is jumping higher at this stage because you have refineries along the northeast that are closing down.