Camp Mystic, FEMA and flood maps
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WVTM Channel 13 on MSNCamp Mystic's flood exemptions questioned after deadly Texas tragedyCamp Mystic's FEMA flood map exemptions are under scrutiny after a devastating flood swept through the Texas camp, raising questions about oversight and safety.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.
Texas inspectors signed off on Camp Mystic's emergency planning just two days before catastrophic flooding killed more than two dozen people at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.
Guadalupe River flood killed more than two dozen campers, but it is still far too early to assign blame — or to declare the tragedy unavoidable.
Camp Mystic's emergency procedures were signed off just before a flood in Texas Hill Country killed over 27 people. Despite state compliance, the camp was unprepared for July 4th's extreme rainfall, leading to questions about its readiness and the role of local authorities during the calamity.
State officials verified that Camp Mystic had an emergency plan in place before the July 4 floods, according to records obtained Tuesday by KSAT Investigates.