Yes, we’re fine Rob, thanks for asking.
We were in California then London during the floods, but our studio is in Dallas a long way from the coast so it got little rain. I deeply feel for the people of Houston, though about 4 blocks from our D studio they're housing tens of thousands of people that evacuated. Most are truly in need and do need help, but like Katrina some take advantage of a tragedy and after Katrina the crime rate in Dallas went up drastically and housing became scarce, so it will be a bumpy ride for a while and I’m not minimizing the extent of the damage in human and property terms.
But Texas will rebound quickly because building/rebuilding in Texas is fast and the state prepared pretty well.
I’m not making light of a tragedy, but unlike a lot of less prepared and under funded areas and countries, they didn’t lose 18,000 people and never recover and unless you live in a cave in Montana there is always risk.
Bottom line is you can’t prepare for every act of nature. Hindsight is 20/20 and the Houston area will learn and hopefully adapt and like every instance when this happens some municipalities will rebuild, some will be minimized or people will relocate and Texas is somewhat unique in that it has a lot of resource, less government restrictions, plus it’s big place with a lot of land*.
*It’s interesting that in our Santa Monica neighborhood they are building two new houses, but it goes slow, where in the same time period in our Dallas Neighborhood they built around 900 condominiums.
I do feel for those affected and will find some way to help.
IMO
BC
Good wishes and sympathy to all LuLanders affected by the weather and floods in Texas.
Cooter - hope you're in Lodon or LA instead, with no problems across the pond!
Best wishes
Rob C