I remember talking briefly to Chad Brown. He was a guest speaker at the now dissolved Pittsburgh Herpetological Society. It was way back in his Pittsburgh Steeler days.
One thing that impressed me with this guy was his sense of purpose. Even though he makes money from raising his reptiles, at a base level he is not in it just to make a buck. He's in it because he is drawn to these animals and he's not going to lose that because of an incredible loss like this fire.
He'll be back. I'm counting on it because I'm going to be one of his customers when he gets his production back in swing.