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

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Here is what we do know. It was not engineered. It appears the owner of the camp was full aware of the dangers.
now what

close all camps and this will not happen again that is what
set up tents in church parking lots and have summer camps closer to home


Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks.

Eastland saw floods damage Camp Mystic again and again – and his pregnant wife was even airlifted to a hospital while the camp in central Texas was cut off by floodwaters.

He successfully pushed for a new flood warning system after 10 children at a nearby camp were swept to their deaths in 1987, and in recent years served on the board of the local river authority as it supported renewed efforts to improve warnings on the Guadalupe.

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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[TemplarKormac]

Such poor taste.

Let the dead rest in peace.

 

[Dekster]

My cousin lives on a river. Once every 10-15 years that river gets into her house and half way up the stairs to the second floor. She refuses to move. Eventually that house will be flooded for the last time.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Such poor taste.

Let the dead rest in peace.

GTH

shitty behavior to put a camp on a river that is known to flood and kill people

10 children at a nearby camp were swept to their deaths in 1987

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

My cousin lives on a river. Once every 10-15 years that river gets into her house and half way up the stairs to the second floor. She refuses to move. Eventually that house will be flooded for the last time.

some people obviously

 

[TemplarKormac]

shitty behavior to put a camp on a river that is known to flood and kill people

And the other 100 years don't count, why?

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

And the other 100 years don't count, why?

10 children at a nearby camp were swept to their deaths in 1987

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Placing children in a danger zone for profit is ok as long as it is in the name of Christianity

 

[TemplarKormac]

10 children at a nearby camp were swept to their deaths in 1987

So?

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

So?

exactly

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

I wonder if this Camp was tax exempt. You know how that goes.. hide behind the cloth to avoid paying.....

 

[Dekster]

The state or local government should have shut him down long before it came to this.

 

[Paddlefoot]

Well, more rv parks and rental cabins are closer to the river than this camp and the others. It will close if the parents and insurance companies say it will.

 

[SweetSue92]

Here is what we do know. It was not engineered. It appears the owner of the camp was full aware of the dangers.
now what

close all camps and this will not happen again that is what
set up tents in church parking lots and have summer camps closer to home


Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks.

Eastland saw floods damage Camp Mystic again and again – and his pregnant wife was even airlifted to a hospital while the camp in central Texas was cut off by floodwaters.

He successfully pushed for a new flood warning system after 10 children at a nearby camp were swept to their deaths in 1987, and in recent years served on the board of the local river authority as it supported renewed efforts to improve warnings on the Guadalupe.

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.

www.yahoo.com

Well. First. A tragic and horrid situation and I can't imagine how these families are even breathing right now.

But.

As a Michigander who lives in a state that's basically half water....sometimes these places in an otherwise parched land look instinctively dangerous. I gasped when I saw those cabins so close to the river. Mostly because it just looks dangerous, but also because it doesn't look like recreational water at all. Rather like Coloradans look at us when we climb "the tallest peak in Michigan"....yeah, that's not mountain climbing, I get it. And that river is not recreation at its finest either.

 

[citygator]

A common issue in Texas seemingly is that they are regularly unprepared for disasters.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Placing children in a danger zone for profit is ok as long as it is in the name of Christianity

And there it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Independent thinker]

Here is what we do know. It was not engineered. It appears the owner of the camp was full aware of the dangers.
now what

close all camps and this will not happen again that is what
set up tents in church parking lots and have summer camps closer to home


Dick Eastland warned for decades about the hidden dangers of the beautiful but volatile Guadalupe River, a peril he saw firsthand while running his family’s youth camp alongside its banks.

Eastland saw floods damage Camp Mystic again and again – and his pregnant wife was even airlifted to a hospital while the camp in central Texas was cut off by floodwaters.

He successfully pushed for a new flood warning system after 10 children at a nearby camp were swept to their deaths in 1987, and in recent years served on the board of the local river authority as it supported renewed efforts to improve warnings on the Guadalupe.

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.

www.yahoo.com

Apparently everyone else was aware too and they still sent their kids to camp there anyway.

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Apparently everyone else was aware too and they still sent their kids to camp there anyway.

I see no warning posted on the campsite website

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

Well, more rv parks and rental cabins are closer to the river than this camp and the others. It will close if the parents and insurance companies say it will.

are you familiar with the area

 

[Twisted Gypsy Child]

And there it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thoughts and prayers are not going to fix this problem