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Former camper remembers Camp Mystic

Camp Mystic Owners’ Legacy: ‘If You’re a Camper, You Know Who They Are’

Mr. Eastland, 70, died there on July 4, after his truck was swept into the river as flash floods pushed through the camp in the middle of the night.

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Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river killed him

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Camp Mystic Owner Who Died Saving Campers Previously Pushed for Flood Warning Systems

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FEMA Approved Removal of Many Camp Mystic Buildings From Flood Zones

Camp Mystic owners successfully appealed to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to redesignate some buildings that had been considered part of a flood-hazard zone.

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FEMA’s flood maps often miss dangerous flash flood risks, leaving homeowners unprepared

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Letter from the Editor: After Texas floods, archives provide grim reminder of Oregon’s deadliest natural disaster

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Opinion: Remembering the flood victims of Camp Mystic

Families who send their children off to summer camp miss them every day.

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Trump surveys damage in Texas after floods kill 120 and leave 160 missing

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Evacuations and Lost Cabins: A Century of Floods at Camp Mystic

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What Dick and Tweety Eastland Meant for Camp Mystic

The duo offered a place where parents knew their daughters would be enriched and happy. During the tragic floods, Dick Eastland died trying to save them.

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Camp Mystic director dies while trying to save kids during Texas flooding

Camp Mystic co-owner Dick Eastland, described as "one of the most selfless men," reportedly died trying to rescue campers from catastrophic flooding.

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Camp Mystic hero killed saving girls spent years fighting for better safety after pregnant wife airlifted from flood

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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FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show

The July Fourth flood moved so quickly in the middle of the night that it caught many off guard in a county that lacked a warning system.

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Camp Mystic’s owner warned of floods for decades. Then the river ...

Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks ...

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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 from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.