I think we all understand it's by the grace of God that this terrible tragedy didn't come ashore a few hundred miles west, ... And knowing such a catastrophe could have happened here, I think Texans have a very special bond between our neighbors to the east who are going through an absolutely unbelievable ordeal at this point in time.
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