COMFORT: BOUNCING BACK Before and after floods Comfort Pizza staff serving community COMFORT - A year after the tragic July 4, 2025, floods swept through the Hill Country, local businesses and residents are reflecting on a day that forever changed their community.

Ty Langston, owner of Comfort Pizza, vividly remembers the uncertainty and heartbreak that unfolded after what was supposed to be a day of celebration quickly turned into a tragedy.

The catastrophe started with an early morning deluge that swelled the Guadalupe River starting in Kerrville and roared through homes and encampments, eventually claiming 139 lives.