control about 40% of the shipping of american goods. listen, why i am calling it the blob? it's not to be funny, certainly. this is a nebulous thing. we know there are a combination of economic indicators that are conspiring to create a slowdown. but it depends on where and what to get you to a why. let's deal with what we know and what the factors are and what people think the fix may be. i'll tell you this now, this is something that's going to haunt us through the holidays. remember that. this will only get worse between now and the holidays. so if you want to shop for christmas, i would do it sooner rather than later. 40% of all the shipping containers that come into this country come in through those two ports. that's why they're doing this. they get another 60 hours of operation just this year. hopefully that will help with the backlog of more than 50