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Obama's FEMA sharing in the culpability at Camp Mystic?
Posted on: July 15, 2025 at 14:10:23 CT
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Multiple buildings at Campy Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, multiple news outlets report.
Back in 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” for its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, according to the Associated Press and The New York Times.
This designation required Camp Mystic to have flood insurance and caused it to face stricter construction regulations.
In 2013, following an appeal from the camp, FEMA amended the map and removed 15 buildings owned by the camp from the hazard area, the AP reported. These structures were part of Camp Mystic Guadalupe, where the camp said 27 campers and counselors died from the July 4 flood.
While some buildings in the zone were higher than the 100-year flood level, six of the 15 buildings identified were described as being within three feet, according to the Times.
Another 15 buildings owned by Camp Mystic, which were part of the Cypress Lake sister site that opened in 2020, were reportedly removed from the flood zone map in 2019 and 2020 following additional appeals from the camp.
Cabins at the Cypress Lake location also sustained significant damage in the Independence Day flood, according to the AP.
FEMA and Camp Mystic did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Richard "Dick" Eastland, the co-owner of Camp Mystic — who has been lauded for trying to save some of the campers during the flood — previously advocated for an updated warning system in the 1980s after 10 children died at a nearby central Texas camp, according to CNN.
Officials reportedly later created a system of gauges along the Guadalupe and its tributaries, but the company behind the project eventually shuttered, CNN reported. The system was deemed unreliable and shut off in 1999.
Subsequent attempts to fund a warning system reportedly were unsuccessful.
Multiple buildings at Campy Mystic in Texas, one of the many areas impacted by the flood disaster over the 4th of July weekend, were removed from Kerr County’s 100-year flood map, multiple news outlets report.
Back in 2011, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) included Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian camp, in a “Special Flood Hazard Area” for its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, according to the Associated Press and The New York Times.
This designation required Camp Mystic to have flood insurance and caused it to face stricter construction regulations.
In 2013, following an appeal from the camp, FEMA amended the map and removed 15 buildings owned by the camp from the hazard area, the AP reported. These structures were part of Camp Mystic Guadalupe, where the camp said 27 campers and counselors died from the July 4 flood.
While some buildings in the zone were higher than the 100-year flood level, six of the 15 buildings identified were described as being within three feet, according to the Times.
Another 15 buildings owned by Camp Mystic, which were part of the Cypress Lake sister site that opened in 2020, were reportedly removed from the flood zone map in 2019 and 2020 following additional appeals from the camp.
Cabins at the Cypress Lake location also sustained significant damage in the Independence Day flood, according to the AP.
FEMA and Camp Mystic did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
Richard "Dick" Eastland, the co-owner of Camp Mystic — who has been lauded for trying to save some of the campers during the flood — previously advocated for an updated warning system in the 1980s after 10 children died at a nearby central Texas camp, according to CNN.
Officials reportedly later created a system of gauges along the Guadalupe and its tributaries, but the company behind the project eventually shuttered, CNN reported. The system was deemed unreliable and shut off in 1999.
Subsequent attempts to fund a warning system reportedly were unsuccessful.
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