Having spent some time working (and roasting my ass off) in TX, your news above is one of the most depressing things I've heard this week :-\
Not your fault of course, and I'm about too old / rooted to move again anyway,
but it's always been a small comfort to know that, SHTF f'real, there was always *somewhere* left to go . . .
Oh well, cannon fodder will be needed up here too !