Texas, flood and Camp Mystic
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Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
This article was originally published on www.si.com as Texas Safety Pays Touching Tribute to Camp Mystic Flood Victims at SEC Media Days.
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.
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.
Camp safety is in the national spotlight, at Sherman Lake YMCA Outdoor Center near Kalamazoo, CEO Zach Klipsch is assuring families that safety remains first.
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Days after floodwaters swept through Camp Mystic and other parts of Central Texas, rescuers recovered the body of camper, Virginia Hollis.
"Once I was in the attic, I gave 911 our names and our address so that they could identify our bodies," Ashley Smith shared of her experience