WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Thailand's flood waters continue to ravage cities, neighborhoods and now factories.
"Half of the hard drives that we use in our computers and the cloud are mare made in Thailand, and those factories are flooded," says CNET's Rafe Needleman.
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon all rely on cloud storage for users' data like photos and videos.
CNET's Needleman says, "So, if you want to back up your computer at a server somewhere, that data has to go to a hard drive. We need a lot of hard drives. That dries up, the price of storage goes up and the economics of the Internet could be affected."
Consumer electronics, like personal computers and digital cameras, have also been affected by the floods.
Analysts say you should wait until mid 2012 to buy a new computer. Or be prepared to pay a higher price due to the supply shortage.
"With Christmas budgets on track over the next six weeks, people are going to take a look at what prices are going to be and adjust their budgets accordingly," says shopper Luis Bonsignore.
Michelle Stansbury says, "I would probably buy sooner than later."
Other Asian countries have picked up the slack, but they are already at capacity after compensating for the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
And, it may be many months before some tech companies get back to business.