According to Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, Camp Mystic and other establishments in the devastating Texas flash floods did all they could to prepare. “I think as soon as they had any indication they were doing everything they could,” she told Just The News.
On Friday, catastrophic flash flooding struck central Texas, claiming more than 100 lives and leaving dozens missing after torrential rains overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, officials said. Kerr County bore the brunt of the disaster, with 75 deaths, including 27 children, many from Camp Mystic, a century-old Christian summer camp for girls in Hunt, Texas.
The Guadalupe River surged 26 feet in 45 minutes, sweeping away homes, vehicles, and campsites, with up to 15 inches of rain falling in hours. President Donald Trump signed a major disaster declaration for Kerr County, and search-and-rescue operations, involving helicopters, drones, and boats — with help from the famous volunteer “Cajun Navy” of Hurricane Katrina fame — continued amid ongoing rain and flood warnings.
Timeline of warnings
On Wednesday and Thursday, a series of emergency weather alerts were issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) and Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM). Despite a decades-long history of flash floods in the Texas Hill Country, and a 1987 flash flood that killed 10 teenagers at a Christian Camp in neighboring Kendall County, Kerr County didn’t have an emergency warning system in place.
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Author: Ray Hilbrich
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