That Thursday, two dozen essential personnel from Valero's Gulf Coast refineries flew in to ride out the storm at "Hotel Valero"--a big room next to the call center outfitted with 20 queen-sized air mattresses and sundry items assembled from a trip to Wal-Mart (nyse: WMT - news - people ).
Jones, Mr Smith and sundry others, mixed them all up into just the one bond (and we did this multiple times), stuck a guarantee on it and then assumed it would be safe.