Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s disaster plan 2 days before deadly flood, records show

Hunt, Texas (AP) – Texas inspectors signed Camp Mystic’s emergency planning only two days ago disaster In the Christian summer camp, all girls killed more than two dozens of people, most children.

The Ministry of State Health Services released on Tuesday, the camp showed that the camp complies with a series of state regulations regarding “procedures to be applied in case of disaster”. Among them: To teach campers what to do when they need to be released to each staff and consultant and give certain tasks.

Five -year examination reports on the Associated Press do not offer any details of these plans in Mystic and ask new questions about the preparation of the camp before the 4 July Texed Texas Hill.

The National Weather Service released a flood clock for the region, which caused at least one of the 18 camps along the Guadalupe River at 13:18, on July 3, on July 3.

The uncertainty about what is happening in Mystic comes as the local authorities have Questions that have escaped many times About who watches the air and what precautions are taken in front of Selin.

Tragedy History falls in the camp

Founded in 1926, Camp Mystic was not evacuated, and the river was shot hard when the river rose from 4.2 meters to 29.5 meters (9 meters) in the early morning. Super flooding Guadalupe’s tension begins about 10 feet (3 meters).

A water wall is overwhelmed in the cabin, tents and trailers along the edge of the river. The survivors were found while sticking to the trees.

During the floods, at least 27 campers and advisors died, and the authorities said that five campers and a counselor were still not present on Tuesday. Among the dead were the beloved director Richard “Dick” Eastland, who was described as a father’s figure by the camps.

19 -year -old Charlotte Lauten spent nine summer at Camp Mystic in 2023. He said he didn’t remember what he was doing in the case of an emergency.

Orum I know that consultants went through orientation training a week before the camp starts, ”he said. “They inform them about all these things.”

Launen, something that prevented girls’ ability to escape, how dark it would be. He said, “He doesn’t have access to his phones while the camp is on the camp,” he added that they’re still not mobile phones because of the distant location.

“This has no place and no power,” he said. “It would be pitch black, the type of darkness as if you could not see 5 feet in front of you.

Inspections could not find problems

The state activated the resources of emergency intervention before the expected flood of the Texas Emergency Management Department on the same day.

The inspection could not find any deficiencies or violations in a long health and safety criterion list in the camp. Among the Guadalupe and Cypress Lake locations in the camp were 557 campers and more than 100 employees.

Texas Foreign Health Services Department spokesman Lara Anton said that disaster plans should be published in all camp buildings, but did not apply to the state.

“We don’t have them,” Anton wrote an e -mail. “You should get this from the camp.”

Camp Mystic did not respond to comments on the emergency plan. The camp said in a statement on the website that he was in communication with local and state officials who use comprehensive resources without fatigue to search for our missing girls ”.

Camp Mystic says that he is licensed by the state and is a member of the Mutual Progress Association, who says that his goal is to “raise health and safety standards for summer camps. The leaders of this association did not return messages.

The American Camp Association said on Tuesday that Camp Mystic’s standards were not accredited with the organization focusing on security and risk management. Spokesman Lauren McMillin refused to tell him if the camp had previously accredited with the association, which described himself as the only organization of the country throughout the year and for summer camps.

Authorities review rain and river indicators

According to Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority data, Camp Mystic recorded approximately 1.6 kilometers (24 centimeters). Another indicators of the agency – further south and west – 12.2 inches (31 centimeters) recorded rainfall. Authorized, the AP, both during the flood event, both found that both of them work, he said.

However, at least four United States Geological Research Indicators during the Guadalupee River experienced some failure on July 4th.

The indicators near Hunt and Kerrville stopped gathering both river levels and water flow rate in the early hours of July 4th.

According to the National Ocean and atmospheric administration data, an indicator of about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) of Hunt and 5 miles (8 kilometers) northeast of Camp Mystic, 5 miles (8 kilometers) northeast of Camp Mystic, 29.5 Feet (9 meters) on July 4.5. A USGS hydrolya was the last recorded river level from instrumentation until it set up a temporary indicator. At that time, the hydrologist measured the high water mark with a preliminary estimation that could change with 37.52 feet (11.44 meters).

In this place, according to Noaa, 32 feet (9.75 meters) river level 9.75 meters) can lead to “disaster life -threatening floods ..

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This story was updated to correct that the rainfall that records 9.5 inches (24 centimeters) rainfall was not 460 meters (1,500 feet), but about 1.6 kilometers (1.6 kilometers) from Camp Mystic.

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Mustian reported Miami from Foley from Iowa City, Keller and Iowa City from Miami, New Mexico, Albuquerque. Associated Press reporter Hannah Fingerhut contributed from Iowa, Des Mines.