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FEMA removed Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
As Camp Mystic expanded into a flood-prone area, federal officials granted appeals to remove the popular site from flood maps ...
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 ...
Camp Mystic Owner Who Died Saving Campers Previously Pushed for Flood Warning Systems
Richard "Dick" Eastland, the late owner of Camp Mystic who died in last week's flooding, was aware of the dangers of the ...
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 ...
‘These Are Kids’: A Coast Guard Pilot Recalls Responding to the Devastation at Camp Mystic Amid the Texas Floods
The mission proved to be much more arduous than expected for her and her small crew of four, all of whom are first tour ...
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 ...
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 ...