Cooler weather

The hurricane was a total bust as far as rain for us at home, althought the north breeze that is filtering in behind it sure feels good and should keep temps and humidity down for a few days. This is the time of year I like most, this time of the year keeps people living in Central Texas, because who the heck would want to live here if it were 100 degrees year around? The damage created by Ike on the coast was certainly impressive and it seems Texas has has been eager to respond. I go back and forth on what the correct response should be to people that live in an area that will have a hurricane at some point. Houston is one thing, there are what 5 million people there? Disaster that occurs there will need to be dealt with on a large scale, I wonder though about the people that have homes right on the coast and what their responsibility for damage should be. This thought may not be politically correct but if you live on the coast should not your homeowners insurance be higher than mine? and mine shouldnt go up because there was a hurricane that destroyed homes and people want to replace them. Texas has some of the highest rates in the country and the insurance companies constantly use costly hurricane seasons as an excuse to hike the rates on everyone. I reject this theory and think that if you really want to live somewhere your house may get trashed by a natural disaster, then you pay more for the priveledge. Afterall who wouldnt want to live on the coast, it's gorgous, some can afford it and some cant. I am gonna enjoy the cooler weather and complain about the fact an over hyped hurricane gave us no rain at all.

Always with love,
Tony.