Oh yea.... you mentioned mini-shift and not the full blown shift. I'd be interested in see some stats on how that one hits that takes away.
I'm in Austin, Houston is about 3 hours away. We didn't get hit anything like Houston did. At worst I can complain about having to pick up fallen tree debris for a couple of days.
Moon is the one deep in the middle of the serious part of it.
I know many people that had friend and family in Houston, most of them say their friends and family wished they got out when they could.