Camp Mystic director may have missed flash flood alert
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The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas. And Camp Mystic – an all-girls Christian camp situated along the Guadalupe River – housed about 750 campers on the flood-prone site as heavy rains started pouring.
: Spokesman for Eastland family that operates Camp Mystic tells News 4 I-Team the Washington Post timeline of the camp's evacuation is "premature". Jeff C
Amid chaos from the flood, campers huddled with young counselors—many unaware of the devastation just yards away.
Camp Mystic is a private Christian all-girl’s summer camp located right on the bank of the Guadalupe River. Due to this, many of the young campers fell victim to the rising waters when the flooding began. According to Taaffe, wearing this tie is in the effort to shed light on the situation, and honor the girls who didn’t make it.
The final missing Camp Mystic counselor, Katherine Ferruzzo, was found deceased after a devastating July Fourth flood in Texas.
The family of Dick and Tweety Eastland, the owners of Camp Mystic, where at least 27 died during the devastating Texas floods, is focusing on helping the families of campers and counselors while trying to process their own grief.