Posted on 07/09/2025 6:37:23 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Sure, a plan in place is good, but the implementation is a whole nother level.
$5 short wave radios (battery operated) could have been helpful...every counselor should have had one...
Maybe they didn’t provide copies of the plan when requested by the media because they were destroyed by the flood. I’m sure their computers were also fried by the water. The media are such ghouls.
AKA “Damn Chritiain Trump supporters” are so negligent.
Scripps News contacted Camp Mystic on Wednesday morning?
And have not heard back from them?
Maybe nobody is there to answer these questions?
Per AI....
At Camp Mystic, a girls’ summer camp in Kerr County, Texas, 27 campers and counselors died in the devastating July 2025 floods. There were a total of 557 campers and 108 staff members present at the camp’s Guadalupe River section, where the flooding was most severe. Additionally, 171 campers and 44 staff were at the nearby Cypress Lake section. While 27 fatalities were confirmed, five girls and a 19-year-old counselor were also reported missing.
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I’d say Camp Mystic fatalities would be very much higher if there were no plans and if the plans weren’t followed.
The counselors appear to be young. If they had female AND Male ADULTS at the camps, I think things might have turned out differently.
I have a radio for our winter storms here in Upstate NY.
How about those little horns that women carry for safety. The sound can be a guide, too.
Company I worked for had an outage that impacted the HQ and so all the departments had to implement their respective plans. When they got on a conference call, they realized three departments had dibs on a remote building but neglected to share it with other departments so there had to be negotiation on whose department was the most important and got the space.
I saw video of how fast the water went up... it was 4am and even if alarms had sounded there was no way to wake up a cabin full of little kids and get them to safety in time if the cabin was near the river!
They had about 1-2 minutes to hear an alarm... determine what it was for, wake up dozens of sleeping kids, organize them so that none get left and RUN uphill as fast as they could in the pitch dark. It was basically impossible!
To me. the ultimate failing is that no adults were in a position to take action based on the threat of severe weather. Why wasn't someone designated to man the landlines or even look out the window occasionally?
the water rose so fast, that by the time it entered the cabins it was far to late to run. Even a few inches of flowing water can move an entire car, much less kids being led by a teenager.
They stood no chance.
Yep.
The enemedia is trying to blame the local towns for not installing a million dollar alarm system. Most of the towns are a gas station with a convenience store and a few dozen homes.
The problem wasn’t having or not having a plan. The problem was no one at the camp was within earshot of a $30 NOAA Weather Radio to hear the alert tone and emergency warnings.
How can anyone anticipate a flood that had the power of Niagara Falls? That power generates electricity for crying out loud. It was too much.
How does one plan for the first responders being denied to deploy?
Be interesting to know what exactly triggers the plan and who is assigned responsibility for making the decision to implement the plan. Also, are all the campers made aware of the plan and are drills conducted at some point during the stay.
Well, guess what ? They have a few job openings at Camp Mystic. The NOAA weather radio will be supplied. All you need to do is monitor it day and night/24/365 for the next 100 years and everyone will be safe. (bring some extra batteries). It has been suggested that an organized exit of the campground most likely would have resulted in many more deaths. Absolute panic probably saved lives, this time.
As much as we would like everyone to be safe from the ravages of nature, the reality is that deaths do occur. Remember that as much as you personally feel for 'the girls', the heartbreak that the women in the camp there that night, who knew the girls by name,now feel is 1000 times more than you can even imagine.
More credit for those they saved and less blame for what could not be stopped by mortal man.
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