Author tries to connect NYC car bomb (if it went off, troops in the streets - laws thrown out), oil spill (might kill all life on planet), and the panic buying

Author tries to connect NYC car bomb (if it went off, troops in the streets - laws thrown out), oil spill (might kill all life on planet), and the panic buying (pushing and shoving at the supermarket) after the Boston water main break into a "we humans are doomed - the end is nigh" scenario.