Camp Mystic Parents Demand Changes
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The parents of girls who lost their lives at Camp Mystic on July 4 will testify before the Texas Senate Disaster Preparedness and Flooding Select Committee in support of Senate Bill 1.
On Wednesday, for the first time, Camp Mystic families detailed their experience of their daughters who died in Texas Hill Country flooding.
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The Texas Tribune on MSNHistory repeated itself when the Guadalupe River swept away Camp Mystic. Why few lessons were learned after the 1987 flood.
The Fourth of July flood bore a striking similarity to the Hill Country flood that killed 10 summer campers in 1987. In the following years, officials took little action to protect against the next storm.
AUSTIN, Texas - A big and likely emotional day at the Capitol in Austin as parents — who lost their daughters in the flood at Camp Mystic — will testify and urge lawmakers to adopt stronger safety standards. This is the first time families will appear publicly before the legislature since the July 4 flooding.
Texts and emails obtained by ABC News show how officials with a Texas river authority responded as the July Fourth floods ravaged Kerr County.
More than an hour passed between Camp Mystic receiving a severe flood warning and a decision to evacuate young campers asleep in cabins by the Guadalupe River.