I don't think it has had a much of an impact as I personally expected it to have, though no-doubt it has helped SSDs at least a little. The biggest effect I've

I don't think it has had a much of an impact as I personally expected it to have, though no-doubt it has helped SSDs at least a little. The biggest effect I've seen is that a bunch of companies (generally big companies, but not HDD creators) have made a shit-load of profit from reselling stock they had before the floods because they realised it would make them more money than using the drives for the purpose they were bought for.