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Former camper remembers Camp Mystic

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

Dick Eastland, the Camp Mystic owner who pushed for flood alerts on the Guadalupe River, was killed in last week’s deadly surge.

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

For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.

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

Richard "Dick" Eastland, the late owner of Camp Mystic who died in last week's flooding, was aware of the dangers of the Guadalupe River and previously advocated for change in warning systems.

FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings

CNN on MSN · 7h

Records: FEMA cut dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion

In response to an appeal, FEMA in 2013 amended the county’s flood map to remove 15 of the camp’s buildings from the hazard area.

The New York Times · 6h

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.

Newsweek on MSN · 7h

FEMA deleted Texas camp's buildings from flood map—report

There are questions over why oversight was eased at Mystic Camp as it expanded in a hazardous floodplain, the AP reported.

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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 ...

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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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Camp Mystic director Dick Eastland dies while trying to save girls from Texas floods

Camp Mystic director Richard "Dick" Eastland died while attempting to rescue campers during deadly flooding that tore through parts of Central Texas.

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Camp Mystic Director Dies in Texas Flooding Amid Effort to Rescue Children

Eastland, 70, was the camp director and bought the camp in 1974. When floodwaters swept through his Christen summer camp, he ...

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History of Camp Mystic, summer camp hit by deadly Central Texas floods

Rescue operations are ongoing in Central Texas after flash flooding along the Guadalupe River left 23 girls from Camp Mystic ...

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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 ...

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