Cost of the Texas Deep Freeze becomes more apparent as bills are due KXXV and last updated 2021-04-21 14:11:01-04 Just as no one could escape the cold of our Texas Deep Freeze, likewise none of us can escape the bills that have begun to come due. On the first day of the Texas Deep Freeze, 25 News met Joan Chaffin trying to protect her home from the ice that started collecting on her tree limbs. The limbs are gonna fall on my house, making a big hole, she said. Down Adams Avenue, city leaders say similar moves helped the city too.