PBS: Camp Mystic in Texas files for bankruptcy weeks after halting plans to reopen this summer
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In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, the camp listed its debt as exceeding $10 million.PBS News
Hmm, looks like they can tell your time of death by drowning when your watch stops, if you're wearing one.
Lighting or drowning? Turned out, drowning.
These are the lucky ones who didn't die... looks like delay in evacuating all the cabins by the river (attempting to do the evac one cabin at a time) 😬
Yikes, normalcy bias kicking in here (i.e. the human belief that "everything is normal" even as stuff is going south). #disasters
118 page report on the Camp Mystic Flood Disaster
Report heading to Texas leaders cites Camp Mystic emergency planning failures before 2025 flood
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#Disasters #EmergencyManagement #CampMystic #TXwx
A new investigative report paints a troubling picture of Camp Mystic's preparedness before last year's historic July 4 floods, which killed 25 campers and two counselors.Blaise Gainey (Houston Public Media)
Interesting, the Texas Department of State Health Services had put in a new requirement (post Camp Mystic) that all youth camps have fiber optic Internet service. (being challenged in court)
"...The Texas Department of State Health Services has reached an agreement with a group of youth camp operators regarding legal requirements that all camps licensed by DSHS maintain fiber optic internet service.
Under the agreement, camps that maintain a redundant, broadband internet service will not face potential license denial or revocation for not having fiber service during the 2026 camping season, as long as they meet all other safety requirements...."
BBC: Texas camp where 25 girls died drops reopening plans after parents protest
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The private Christian summer camp had originally planned to host 800 girls to a different location which did not experience any fatalities last year.Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu (BBC News)
AP: Texas officials investigating hundreds of complaints against Camp Mystic amid bid to renew license
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The investigation disclosed Tuesday comes as the state considers whether to allow the all-girls camp to reopen this summer.PBS News
