This doesn't get as much attention as it should, but the state of Texas has substantially increased its share of electricity sourcing from wind and solar.

Per ERCOT: Here's a look of its current generation mix by type for today (Nov 6) and its monthly capacity.

Change is happening. We need more.

Not that I've seen from a modeling perspective. But given video of the devastation, it is obvious that impacts to utilities is extensive and will take a massive effort to fully get back online.

Despite the >$220mn in quick insurance help, it will only be a fraction of the totality of economic damage in Jamaica. The expectation is losses into the billions (USD).

Too few homes and businesses on the island have insurance. If they do, it is not enough insurance to cover all losses.

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More than 120,000 homes already flooded in central Vietnam as the Bo River (in Hue) and the Thu Bon River (in Da Nang) have exceeded historical flood levels.

Heavy rains expected thru November 4.

FYI: Sept/Oct flood events had already caused >USD1.4bn in damage.

dmc.gov.vn/bai-viet/mie...

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Very helpful additional context. Thank you. Tough situation following any catastrophe event in the Caribbean, but this is a particularly difficult one.

#Melissa is another example of how climate change continues to influence the behavior of individual weather events. The more heat we put into the atmosphere and oceans loads the dice to make the likelihood of extreme events more probable. "Normal" becomes a moving goal post.

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