Camp Mystic, Texas and Kerr County floods
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6don MSN
Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp.
The “Bubble Inn” bunkhouse hosted the youngest kids at Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp caught in the deadly July 4 flooding in the state’s Hill Country.
Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.
"At a time like this, there is really no other way to help than just letting them know that we're thinking about them."
The body of 8-year-old Virginia Hollis was found along the Guadalupe River earlier this week, more than a week after the catastrophic July 4 floods. She and at least 27 other campers and counselors from Camp Mystic were swept away. Several of the victims were from the Houston area.
A riderless horse paid a symbolic tribute to an 8-year-old Texas flood victim during the little girl's somber July 16 funeral procession in her hometown of Bellville. Virginia Hollis was one of 750 children attending Camp Mystic, an all-girls summer camp in Hunt, Texas, when devastating flash floods swept through on the morning of July 4.
1don MSN
Days after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic and other parts of Central Texas, rescuers recovered the body of camper, Virginia Hollis.
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.