Bob, you are talking about ONE week.  And $10,000 electric bills?  I don't know where you saw that.  Probably an anomaly due to the winter storm.  At least we don't have constant rolling blackouts like California and New York.  I was without electric for 11 hours.  That was the extent of my damage.  I was lucky.  But you are talking about a freak storm.  Now if you want to talk about Hurricanes. That's a good reason not to live in Southeast Texas.  But I lived in California during the 80's and I would take a hurricane anyday over earthquakes. Take care Bob.  It was nice chatting with you.