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8-year-old Bellaire girl wrote a letter to mom from Camp Mystic before deadly floods
Blakely McCrory, an 8-year-old from Bellaire, wrote her mom a letter from Camp Mystic before she died in the July 4 flood.
Who’s to Blame for the Camp Mystic Disaster?
When a reporter asked Texas Governor Greg Abbott who is to blame for the deaths of more than 100 people in this month’s ...
FEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records show
Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic’s buildings from their 100-year flood map, as the camp ...
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 ...
FEMA approved Camp Mystic appeals to exempt buildings from flood zone
Camp Mystic successfully appealed to remove several structures from a FEMA flood zone, despite being located in a high-risk ...
Help rebuild Camp Mystic with ‘Give to Get’ giveaway
The “Give to Get” giveaway will be today, July 15, from noon to 6 p.m. at Uniformly Fit at 3510 Ryan Street in Lake Charles.
After Her Daughter Blakely Died in the Texas Floods, One Final Gift: Letters from Camp
Lindsey McLeod McCrory’s 8-year-old daughter, Blakely, bounded onto the Camp Mystic bus on June 29 without shedding a single tear. She had a few concerns — mostly about the food — but homesickness ...
How Summer Camp Devastated by Floods Responded to Middle-of-the-Night Alert Before the Water Drowned Them
When Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp for girls nestled in Texas Hill Country, experienced catastrophic flooding on July ...