[cuban leaf]

—What I didn’t want to say, is that it may be the last opportunity...—

That was what I was implying with my “eye of the storm” analogy. Storms are cyclopses.

[Errant]

“Eye of the storm” isn't a bad analogy but doesn't take into account the increasing severity of the problems facing economies worldwide. In other words, this storm is going to be a category 5+ by the time the back wall slams us.