Texas, Camp Mystic and floods
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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.
Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.
Amid chaos from the flood, campers huddled with young counselors—many unaware of the devastation just yards away.
Coloradan Hillary Conway is a former camper and counselor at Camp Mystic, the epicenter of the deadly Texas flooding last week.
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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.
"Their focus is fighting through that grief to stay connected with the families of their campers and helping them in any way they can," a camp spokesperson says