The fire sounds absolutely terrifying. Glad your parent's house was saved.

Climatic shift has definitely taken place. Not sure how it'll all sort itself out. I'm just glad to be in Central Texas. Too far inland for the hurricanes, a bit south of serious tornado country. Ordinarily we'd be entering drought about now, but instead we're getting hit with major thunderstorms every other day. Honestly, I'll take the thunderstorms.