Well, I hope everyone here and their families are okay, and haven't sustained too much damage to their property.

Ahh, the things that architectural history will teach you - like where to build and where not to buy. Having money doesn't count for much when you've decided that you HAVE to live in the latest and greatest up and coming area. Often, for many reasons that land has been vacant for many years, because folks *knew better* than to build there.

History is okay to look at, but mostly, you don't want to live in an area that has repeating patterns of floods, winds, fires and quakes. Chit doesn't always "just happen". Often it happens again and again.

Sometimes, you're better off just getting what you NEED, like a minnow bucket, and an older solidly built home....