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Camp Mystic’s ‘littlest souls’ were nurtured in Bubble Inn. All the cabin’s girls and 2 counselors were lost in the Texas flood
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills ...
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, as the camp ...
Camp Mystic survivors heard screams in the dark as flood waters hit hours earlier than previously thought
Many of the 650 campers and staffers at Camp Mystic were asleep when, at 1:14 a.m., a flash-flood warning for Kerr County, ...
8-Year-Old's Mom Receives Letter from Her After She Died in Camp Mystic Flooding: 'I'm Just So Grateful' (Exclusive)
Blakely McCrory had already faced tragedy in her young life but kept her "contagious spirit" until the end: "She's looking down on us," her mother says ...
FEMA approved Camp Mystic to exempt structures from flood zone designation? Here's what we know
More than a decade before devastating floods swept through Central Texas and killed 27 people at Camp Mystic, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) granted the camp’s request to remove ...
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 ...
Almost 20 Camp Mystic cabins were in known flood zone — despite recent $5M overhaul of century-old site
At least 19 of the cabins at Camp Mystic were located in designated flood zones, including some in an area deemed “extremely ...
Family of Mountain Brook girl killed in Texas camp flood plan memorial fund for the ‘light of our lives’
Her parents and brother will lovingly direct donations toward causes that reflect her joyful spirit and passions and bless ...