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Lamster: What should a Camp Mystic memorial look like?
For grieving communities, the kinds of public memorials familiar from history — stone cenotaphs, bronze monuments and statues ...
Camp Mystic’s leader got a ‘life threatening’ flood alert. They evacuated an hour later.
More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep ...
What happened at Camp Mystic before the deadly Texas flood?
Search efforts persist in Texas following devastating floods that claimed 132 lives, including campers at Camp Mystic.
A tribute to Camp Mystic counselors who risked it all in Texas flood
Catherine Wendlandt, a freelance writer in Texas who has written stories for Chron, attended Camp Mystic as a camper from ...
See how the Texas floods unfolded and why Camp Mystic was in a hazardous location
Maps show how heavy rainfall and rocky terrain helped create the devastating Texas floods that have killed more than 120 ...
Camp Mystic was in the nation’s ‘most dangerous river valley.’ Parents say they never knew.
Generations of parents sent their daughters to the Christian camp on the Guadalupe. It suffered floods over the years but no ...
Texas flood victims include young girls, Camp Mystic staff, teachers, grandparents: "Unimaginable grief"
Young girls, camp employees and vacationers are among the at least 120 people who died when Texas' Guadalupe River flooded.
Maps show where devastating flash flooding hit Texas, including Camp Mystic
Multiple parts of Central Texas, including Kerr County, were shocked by flash floods Friday when the Guadalupe River and ...
As Texas Flood Raged, Camp Mystic Was Left to Fend for Itself
Flash floods surged through in the middle of the night, but many local officials appeared unaware of the unfolding ...
Camp Mystic camper, James Avery family member confirmed dead
The company's chairman announced Friday that 8-year-old Renee Smajstrla died in the Kerr County floods. She was a camper at ...
How religious leaders are talking — and listening — about the losses at Camp Mystic
The truth is that religious leaders are dealing with the grief and pain, too. Coming together as a community gives Kershner a ...
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 outside world. According to a Kerr County history book, floodwaters at ...