Texas Standard

Investigators detail lack of training, ‘complacency’ at Camp Mystic

The leaders of Camp Mystic exhibited a “complacent” attitude toward flooding prior to last July’s deluge that resulted in the deaths of 28 people at the historic Christian girls’ summer camp, an investigator told state lawmakers on Monday.

After days of wrenching testimony about camp deaths, judge says Camp Mystic’s flood site must remain untouched

Leaders of Camp Mystic — the Christian girls camp where 27 campers and counselors died in torrential flooding last summer — must continue to keep many damaged buildings untouched while a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a child presumed dead moves forward,
Religion News Service

Camp Mystic’s Christian sisterhood spans generations and nations

AUSTIN, Texas (RNS) — Sandy Davis Kirk woke at 5 a.m. on July 4 to a roaring sound outside her window. “I heard people shrieking from the waters,” said Davis Kirk, whose backyard is bordered by the Guadalupe River. “It was hard to even believe it ...