Family left homeless in the February Texas freeze surprised with a nice gift Gallery Furniture donates to family who lost everything during Texas big freeze FOX 26 Reporter Damali Keith speaks with a Houston mother who lost everything when a pipe burst in their home. A Houston mother of three, who’s been homeless since the freeze in February, is getting some good news in this Positively Houston. While the sun is out and the weather is great, most Houstonians have put that February freeze far behind them, but Alexes Chatmon and her babies are still hurting. Their lives haven’t been the same since.