Texas, Camp Mystic and Flash floods
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KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Over the last decade, an array of Texas state and local agencies missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert a disaster like the one that killed dozens of young campers and scores of others in Kerr County on the Fourth of July.
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely hazardous” by the county.
and the same Guadalupe River is celebrated in dozens of Texas songs as a place to drink beer, float, and escape into nature. What did Camp Mystic mean to your family, as a community and as a place? Robert Earl Keen: It was very Christian-based, but they ...
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As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm.
Scott Ruskan helped save over 200 lives in the deadly flooding in Central Texas over the July 4th weekend. He's a former collegiate athlete and "team first guy."
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Houston appointee Sadé Perkins faces backlash for offensive comments about Camp Mystic after deadly floods, with her boyfriend rebuking her statements and the mayor vowing removal.
An Ingram, Texas carpenter has built a massive cross to be cemented outside Camp Mystic to honor those that lost their lives in the deadly flash floods that swept through central Texas during July 4th weekend.
Lucy Kennedy spoke with NBC News' Morgan Chesky about evacuating from Camp Mystic in Kerr County, Texas, and says she hopes the girls who were lost in the floods are "watching over their families." Listen to today’s full episode of “Here’s the Scoop" wherever you get your podcasts.