Texas, Camp Mystic
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The emergency weather alert had come early Fourth of July morning: There would be life-threatening flash flooding in Kerr County, Texas.
The family of Dick and Tweety Eastland, the owners of Camp Mystic, where at least 27 died during the devastating Texas floods, is focusing on helping the families of campers and counselors while trying to process their own grief.
Katherine Ferruzzo, 19, died in the July 4th floods along with at least 28 others from the all-girls camp on the Guadalupe River. Katherine was a recent graduate of Memorial High School in the Houston area, where she was known for her volunteer efforts to help children with disabilities.
Bubble Inn saw generations of 8-year-olds enter as strangers and emerge as confident young ladies equipped with new skills from the great outdoors and lifelong friends – bonds that would one day prove vital in the face of unfathomable tragedy.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency included Camp Mystic in a "Special Flood Hazard Area" in its National Flood Insurance map for Kerr County, Texas, in 2011.