If you want to stock up for Ike in an allegedly eco-friendly, warmly liberal-ish, self-satisfied way, you better hurry.

All local Whole Foods stores are closing as of 10 p.m. tonight.

We would not want to spend the post-Ike apocalypse without arugula, or water taken from the springs hidden deep in the Andes Mountains and carted down by union labor.

So adjust your plans accordingly.

— Richard Connelly

This article appears in Sep 11-17, 2008.

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