The recent devastating floods in Thailand have caused huge hardship and misery to many people and our thoughts are with them.
Another effect of the floods has been the dramatic shortage in production of hard disk drives.
Thailand is a major manufacturer of components and finished drives and the effects of the inundation are immediately being reflected in rising prices.
The following article, courtesy of Joel Hruska on the ExtremeTech website, gives some indication of the effect it will have on world pricing.