Home and dry

We're back in Houston and, thankfully, the house and the neighbourhood seem to have come through Hurricane Harvey with few ill effects.  Our next-door neighbours lost their car that was parked at the airport while they were stuck in Chicago, but our only hardship was having to fly Spirit Airlines when Southwest cancelled our original flights.

Driving back from Bush International it's remarkable how normal everything looks after seeing all those images and videos of flooding.  Of course, that only means that the major damage happened elsewhere, mainly to the south-west and east.  Most of the shops are reasonably well stocked but out of meat and beer - in the same way that Brits in a crisis make a cup of tea, Texans like to barbecue.

So we shall see.  During the day the city is very quiet, and then rush hour is conversely completely crazy as several major roads remain shut.  It's going to take a long time to return to normal, whatever the new normal turns out to be.  And in the meantime we keep an eye on Hurricane Irma.

Time to start...?