Dozens of Camp Mystic Buildings Removed from FEMA Flood Map

Monday, July 14, 2025

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before rushing waters swept away children and counselors, a review by The Associated Press found.

Posted by jpw at 04:32 PM | 15 COMMENTS | permalink

Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the years before flood waters swept away children and counselors, a review by AP found. buff.ly/JlzquQZ

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-- PBS News (@pbsnews.org) Jul 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM

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As predicted, the mindset of unmitigated development in Texas cost those little girls their lives.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-14 11:02 AM

MAGA thinking at work, seriously.

If the map doesn't show the buildings the floods can't get them.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-14 12:21 PM

Nice contrast to how Republicans react when someone wants to remove statues celebrating slavery.

For some reason it's okay to remove this history.

#3 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-14 12:25 PM

Camp directors didn't want to pay for flood insurance.
That's going to turn out to be cheap after the lawyers get done with them.

#4 | Posted by morris at 2025-07-14 01:48 PM

As predicted, the mindset of unmitigated development in Texas cost those little girls their lives.

#1 | Posted by jpw

I brought up this exact issue on the day of the flooding, but all the Lumpers here wanted to blame the NWS (Trump indirectly).

Still there's nothing wrong with building in the flood zone. The question/problem is that you need a plan and be able to execute that plan when needed.

Just days before the flood, the State of Texas approved the camp's evacuation process/plan.
apnews.com

But the camp leaders waited an hour after receiving the "life-threatening flood" warning before executing the plan.
www.washingtonpost.com

#5 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-07-14 04:59 PM

"Still there's nothing wrong with building in the flood zone"

Except for the floods.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-14 05:03 PM

"Still there's nothing wrong with building in the flood zone"

The highest use for some land is simply cow pasture.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-14 05:05 PM

Kerrville is not a one-off. It and things like it will be repeated because the dominant philosophy of MAGA is to degrade the significance of death and suffering.

Even when it happens to their own people.

Meat is meat.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2025-07-14 05:09 PM

Clearly, this disaster is Joe Biden's fault...
--Texas pols, who exerted influence with FEMA

#9 | Posted by catdog at 2025-07-14 05:20 PM

Recent video surfaced of city council members rejecting federal funding to update their infrastructure because it was coming from the Biden administration.

I'm sorry for everyone who was affected by the flood.

I hope they learn Americans should come ahead of petty partisanship.

#10 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-14 05:30 PM

Still there's nothing wrong with building in the flood zone.

Depends on what's being built.

Given that the river was part of the attraction of the camp, I have zero issues with building close to the water. But it shouldn't have been dwellings where campers would stay that had to be finagled to get them out of the flood plain ("2 feet" above, supposedly).

In the end, they did the cheapest thing they could to expand, putting camper safety second or third.

#11 | Posted by jpw at 2025-07-14 05:43 PM

This is the same mindset of those cheering the SCOTUS allowing the filling of wetlands

Water don't give a tinkers ---- about your libertarian views

#12 | Posted by truthhurts at 2025-07-14 05:54 PM

MAGAs, in the end, always get what they deserve.

#13 | Posted by moder8 at 2025-07-14 09:12 PM

"Federal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map"

That's what Iran keeps threatening to do to Israel. Remove it from the map.

Funny how it's perfectly okay when FEMA does it to Christians and their buildings.

#14 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-07-14 09:25 PM

An insurance scam, how unexpected./s

#15 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-07-15 07:03 AM

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