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Former Camp Mystic participants, mother-daughter duo, making cookies for Texas flood relief
Coloradan Hillary Conway is a former camper and counselor at Camp Mystic, the epicenter of the deadly Texas flooding last ...
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 ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening ...
Camp Mystic Owner Who Died Saving Campers Previously Pushed for Flood Warning Systems
Richard "Dick" Eastland previously pushed for better warnings, including after 10 children at a different camp where killed ...
Hero Camp Mystic director who died trying to save girls from floods fought for years for better warning systems
Hero Texas camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland battled floods for decades and even saw his pregnant wife once airlifted off the grounds to a hospital because of a deluge.
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Camp Mystic Owner Killed By Horrific Floods Was Warning Officials About the River For Decades
The owner of Texas Christian summer camp Camp Mystic died during the state's horrific floods last week, despite repeatedly ...
Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him
The Guadalupe River flood claimed 27 lives at Camp Mystic, including local hero Dick Eastland, who died rescuing campers ...
These Dining Hall Traditions Were Some of the Many Things That Made Camp Mystic Special
I’d pack a trunk full of swimsuits, Nike shorts, and white Hanes t-shirts and my parents would take my sister and me on a six-hour drive through Texas, from our hometown of Beaumont to the small ...
Camp Mystic's Owner Warned Of Floods. He Died Trying To Save The Kids He Loved.
Dick Eastland was swept away by the deadly current as he and his son went from cabin to cabin to get campers to higher ground ...
FEMA let Camp Mystic operate in 100-year flood zone despite deadly warnings for years: ‘Particularly disturbing’
FEMA let Camp Mystic operate in 100-year flood zone despite deadly warnings for years: ‘Particularly disturbing’ - Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from ...