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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country on |
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July 4, 2025, claimed the lives of more than 100 people; and |
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WHEREAS, One of the deadliest natural disasters in Texas |
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history, the flood occurred when summer humidity from the Gulf of |
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Mexico combined with tropical moisture remaining from two distant |
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storms, Hurricane Flossie in the Pacific Ocean and Tropical Storm |
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Barry in the Atlantic; a low pressure cell stalled out overnight, |
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pouring down 12 inches of rain, nearly double the volume of water |
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that flows over Niagara Falls in an entire day; and |
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WHEREAS, The Hill Country's steep terrain and rocky soil, |
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parched by a long drought, could absorb little of the torrent; the |
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Guadalupe River rose 27 feet in 45 minutes, sending a raging wall of |
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water towards people sleeping in cabins, tents, and RVs on lower |
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ground; rescuers were unable to reach scores of the endangered in |
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time, and among the fatalities were more than two dozen girls at |
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Camp Mystic, some as young as eight years old; and |
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WHEREAS, Across the state, Texans are mourning the terrible |
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loss of life, and it is fitting to acknowledge the inconsolable |
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sorrow of the survivors and the collective grief experienced by the |
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entire nation in the wake of this immense tragedy; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 89th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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1st Called Session, hereby call for construction of a monument in |
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the Texas State Cemetery in remembrance of those who perished in the |
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July 4, 2025, Hill Country flood; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the Texas State Cemetery Committee and |
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the State Preservation Board. |