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Camp Mystic reportedly waited an hour to evacuate after warnings of ‘life-threatening’ Texas floods
The director of Camp Mystic waited more than an hour after receiving a life-threatening flood alert before beginning to evacuate campers asleep in their cabins, his family confirmed through a ...
Teen who helped family escape from van is among those killed in Texas floods
Mollie Sylvester Schaffer had been married to her husband, Randy, for 57 years when the Houston couple traveled to an annual ...
Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic
Some camps in the region had to be evacuated, and local newspapers described how Camp Mystic was among those cut off from the ...
Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past ...
Who are the Texas flood victims? Faces of the kids and Camp Mystic counselors swept away as death toll passes 100
At least 100 people were killed in the devastating Texas floods, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens are still ...
A father who saved his family but lost his life is among the latest Texas flood fatalities
By SOPHIA TAREEN A beloved director of Texas summer camp for girls. An Alabama elementary student away from home. A woman ...