Seems to me that posting in the forums dropped off after the U-T published the “17% drop” article.
It provided confirmation for what the bears on the site have been saying and a big slap in the face for all of the polyannas.
Not much that either the bears or the pollyannas can say at this point – only time will tell whether we revert to 2001 prices or all the way back to 1998 prices.