What most articles fail to address is that most of the big brands have factories here and that Thailand accounts for a way too large share of the production of

What most articles fail to address is that most of the big brands have factories here and that Thailand accounts for a way too large share of the production of hard drive parts, regardless of brands. In other words, Thailand is the SPOF of the hard drive industry. Also, FYI floodings are expected to last one more month (water just isn't flowing that fast) and factories will need time to recover and reach 100% operation (not to mention the overall infrastructure damage). The one month thing is an optimistic estimation from the government. A practical example: some Pakistanis flooded last year were finally getting back to normal when they got hit by this year's floods. No one really know how long it's going to last in Thailand. WD, in a statement a few days old, said it expected to get back to full normal in the summer. Edit: for those who just had no idea: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/thailand_flood_reaches_bangkok.html http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/10/thailand_flood_reac... (I used to live a couple of blocks away from picture 7).