Heard some of my friends had had same situation ... good that most were back to normal... don't know what's gonna happen in the coming winter ... it didn't seem a good sign for what had happened this year in east coast: scarier than normal hurricane, earthquake, and snow in Oct ... I 've been away in bay area and luckiy didn't experience any of those. But was concerned about my house in jsersey at the same time ... me too had wished moving to west coast for warmer weather ... hope the real estate market to pick up soon, house can be sold at reasonable price, and then Runnnnnnnnn ... :D ...