I am in the upper midwest, my wife's family is down around mcallen. TX.
Funny thing is they visited a week ago. Experienced about an inch of snow or more every day for a few days. Temps swinging down to -5 at night.
They were so happy to get back home to highs in the 20s LOL.
Still I will take the cold and -10 over hurricanes in Texas. Power out for days, everything flooded, can't flush your toilet. Smell of nasty stale standing water. Heat and humidity with no AC all your food spoils.
You can prepare for cold weather and snow, but you can't prepare for having to crap in plastic bags and not getting showers.