I am a bit superstitious (even if not religious) about declaring that bad things can't happen to me. The culture I grew up in is pervaded with cautionary ideas like "pride goeth before a fall", "don't tempt fate", and "don't put God to the test".

Separately, declaring one's superiority can be interpreted as rude, or as compensation for lack of confidence.

I am curious about the traditions and norms you are used to. I haven't spent very much time in Florida or Texas, and the parts of Florida I've seen most of are the parts that are more like New York than the deep South.

Something I do associate with Florida is the occasional person with large, confrontational signs with way too much lettering on them. I saw someone who had put text describing a business dispute he had all over his truck.

I really wasn't sure if that was a crazy person or just how some people do things there.

While passing through Texas years ago, I remember it as my introduction to temperatures so high that the relatively cool air trapped by long shirt and pants was a blessing that kept me from being cooked momentarily. It made me think of the saying "If I owned Hell and Texas, I'd live in Hell and rent out Texas."