My grandparents were farmers/ranchers in central Texas in the 1920s and 30s. They lost most of what they had in the drought in the early 30s. They lost everything else in the flood in the mid 30s.
Central Texas weather has always been best described as a series of droughts separated by floods.
My MIL’s ranch has been in the family for about 120 years. There were times when they almost lost it and in the ‘30s were picking prickly pear and burning off the thorns to feed to the cattle.
For many years they dairy steers that you could almost get for free on goats. They also had attractions for dudes, like rattlesnakes, yuk.
It just doesn’t really flood here, flash floods, yes but not overall floods.