I would say that South Texas is very similar to Florida. I had a very close lightning strick in July and ended up having to replace my Security Camera DVR, 4 outdoor IR cameras, Circuit card and coils on Kohler generator auto transfer switch, Gateway on The Energy Detective system (TED), D-Link Router, Wireless internet system, 2 each 10/100/1000 ethernet switches, burglar alarm for the house. I replaced everything with like kind but converted the generator auto transfer switch to a manual transfer switch since that was the 2nd time I have had to replace the ATS. I probably have many times more surge protection equipment compared to most residences (8 panel mounted surge supressor and lightning arrestors) Most of what got fried was hard wired to the wireless router and/or ethernet switches.