Disaster More than 20 campers unaccounted for at Kerr County's Camp Mystic amid major floods

https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/texas/kerr-county-texas-camps-mystic-flood-weather/273-f99cf554-90f9-4835-8e2e-a8009bec4f24

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23 kids unaccounted for from Camp Mystic amid deadly South Texas floods


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13 dead, at least 20 missing in Kerr County flooding


'13 fatalities': Kerr County officials give update on deadly flooding across South Texas

Author: David Lynch (KENS 5), Kristin Dean
Published: 1:09 PM CDT July 4, 2025
Updated: 4:14 PM CDT July 4, 2025
KERRVILLE, Texas — At Camp Mystic, along the Guadalupe River, more than 20 campers are still not accounted for. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said about 23 campers are not accounted for as of 3 p.m.

The camp had more than 700 kids, many of whom are from out of town. Officials say parents have been notified if their kids are among those missing.

Staff notified parents that all campers at Cypress Lake and Senior Hill are accounted for, adding that those whose daughters are "not accounted for" have been notified.

"We are working with search and rescue currently," the camp said in its communication. "The highway has washed away so we are struggling to get more help. Please continue to pray and send any help if you have contacts to do so."

Officials say the Ingram Elementary School will be the rendezvous point for Camp Mystic campers to reunite with families. Reports say rescued campers will be transferred via helicopter.

Representatives from Mo Ranch along the Guadalupe River say all campers and families from that camp are safe and accounted for.

Parents with kids at the camps are urged to contact camp officials directly.

This is a developing story.

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At least 13 killed in Kerrville, Texas area floods. Possibly more, the chance of them being found drops off the longer time has passed.

 

[Darkholme's Dungeon]

That is absolutely terrifying. Never EVER take Mother Nature for granted.

My condolences to all in that area, especially those with kids in the flood zone.

From what I was told the evac was a mess because it was during the middle of the night.

Hate to say it but even though the camp is like 100 years old, it was known to have been located in a floodplain- it should have been relocated decades ago.

The last two major floods were in 2015 ("minor") and in 1978 (~38'). There's footage of them pulling kids out of trees and that's allegedly what happened this time too. Many from helos or bystanders.

Absolutely tragic. It sucks there isn't going to be any kind of relief coming in, so I hope the local communities can rally around those affected.

Yeah it's why I said to donate. Don't ever count on the goverment from being too much help. When I was in NC after the hurricane it was all aid from private orgs from what I could see.

 

[John Badman]

South Texas? It sounds like they’re a bunch of brown spics who needed to go back anyway. God is just doing them a favor to avoid being raped in El Salvador.

 

[RodgerDodger]

From what I was told the evac was a mess because it was during the middle of the night.

Oh that sucks. Water rescue at night, especially flood rescue, is insanely difficult and dangerous. The rescuers are typically lucky to get out of it alive. Bonus if they find anybody. In the water in the dark you have no orientation. No sense of direction. And with flash floods like this you never know which way the water is gonna go. You get weird eddy's and currents. All filled with debris that wants to kill you.

My hats off to the Cajun Navy. They are remarkably good at doing it without getting killed.

But that's the other problem with Generational Flood Plains that only do this every few decades or century. The locals would not typically have the Fast Moving Water Rescue training or experience. Firefighters can retire after 20. When the river only floods every 40 years or so, None of your current front line rescuers have seen or experienced it. And people that have the needed skillsets are hours or days away.

So there in the dark when shit happens? You're kind of stumbling and making it up as you go along.

The other problem with these generational floods is all your preplans. Stuff like evacuation routes. Are based on what happened last time. But every change to the landscape over the years, roads, railways, bridges, buildings, changes what is going to happen. How the water is going to flow. So your plan for evacuating a 100 year old campground, made based on a flood in the 70's, is probably useless today.

 

[Nicholas II of Russia]

Always have been.
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Why redditors have to be one of the most miserable and vindictive pieces of shit possible

 

[mold]

I've lived in the bluest regions of the bluest states my whole life and I've never heard conservatives call any of our natural disasters any kind of deserved punishment.

the last time I can remember this happening was in the 80s, with TV preachers saying it about AIDS. so literally most of the posters on here are older than the last time it happened.

 

[Fartificial Insmelligence]

South Texas? It sounds like they’re a bunch of brown spics who needed to go back anyway. God is just doing them a favor to avoid being raped in El Salvador.

Listen just ‘cuz they shouldn’t be here in America illegally doesn’t mean they should fucking die dude, if they pull a gun on a fed trying to deport ‘em or something I get it, but this was tragedy that affected people from ALL walks of life.

 

[Sneed Lurker]

South Texas? It sounds like they’re a bunch of brown spics who needed to go back anyway. God is just doing them a favor to avoid being raped in El Salvador.

Shut up faggot.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Add "floodplain" to another thing to do background checks on the camp for ....

 

[HTTP Error 404]

Why redditors have to be one of the most miserable and vindictive pieces of shit possible

Same reason Tumblr literally had pedos convincing tween girls to post self-made CSAM into "LGBTQ Spaces". Same reason Israel is full of smug cunts that feel confident scheming and corrupting every other culture they can reach. Same reason crazy bitches feel fine destroying their boyfriend's shit during a breakup. If you spend your entire life being immune to just being punched in the face -- because the moderators are on your side or what have you -- then you eventually reach an equilibrium where you say the worst kind of shit imaginable because no one can/will ever tell you no.

What's even more fun is if those redditors suddenly had to deal with neutral moderation from LLMs or god forbid conservatives moderating their spaces, they'd lose their shit. Tumblr lost their goddamned minds when the admins were like "ok, no more posting terabytes of porn until we can filter out all the pictures of 13 year olds masturbating, thanks." Reddit will eventually hit the same point, probably after some very public assassination attempt is directly linked to one of their subs or something.

 

[Darkholme's Dungeon]

The locals would not typically have the Fast Moving Water Rescue training or experience. Firefighters can retire after 20. When the river only floods every 40 years or so, None of your current front line rescuers have seen or experienced it. And people that have the needed skillets are hours or days away.

I don't think any VFD (mostly volunteer out there) over there is prepared for this. I don't do swiftwater but I don't think that situation was safe (I heard there were civvies pulling kids during the inital flood) for rope rescue of any kind unless you're dangling from a helo. Anything out there for this would be TESAR, or more likely TX-TF1 (College Station), and TX-TF2 (Dallas/Ft. Worth) under TEEX and FEMA.

South Texas? It sounds like they’re a bunch of brown spics who needed to go back anyway. God is just doing them a favor to avoid being raped in El Salvador.

I hope you get dragged to death like those niggers caught in East Texas. It'll fix the second biggest mistake your mother made after not swallowing.

 

[John Badman]

Shut up faggot.
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3 white kids out of 23.

Listen just ‘cuz they shouldn’t be here in America illegally doesn’t mean they should fucking die dude, if they pull a gun on a fed trying to deport ‘em or something I get it, but this was tragedy that affected people from ALL walks of life.

Weren’t republicans laughing at children with cancer losing the opportunity for treatment because of deportation a few months ago? When did you become so much of a pussy?

 

[Looney Troons]

Absolutely gutted to read. Kerr county is located in the Texas Hill Country region… but primarily where elevation is lower. This summer has been really fucky in Texas. Whereas it’s typically very arid and hot, there have been tons of heavy storms throughout the entire state. 8’ of rainfall within an hour is insane and no one could have predicted it. Again, couple it with that fact that this happened in the very early morning and it was just recipe for the perfect disaster.

As someone who travels through Fredericksburg quite a bit, I’m familiar with the area. Lovely place, very scenic. The polar opposite of what you would imagine when you think about Texas. Shout out to the camp owner who made the ultimate sacrifice to try to save the children. Just really sad.

 

[The Un-Clit]

South Texas? It sounds like they’re a bunch of brown spics who needed to go back anyway. God is just doing them a favor to avoid being raped in El Salvador.

First time in 10 years on the farms I've ever used the 'ignore this user' function.

Congratulations on being the biggest piece of shit possible even if you were just baiting. Drowning little kids is never fucking funny.

I hope you are gang-raped by a dozen of the biggest blackest AIDS infected gorilla niggers around who use your tongue to clean off their 4 inch thick 12 inch long cocks after each one is done and may I never see your words again.

 

[John Badman]

“Drowning wetbacks wrapped in barbed wire is funny but don’t you ever dare make fun of a quarter of browns dying if there’s a white kid involved.” — You probably

 

[not william stenchever]

I hope you are gang-raped by a dozen of the biggest blackest AIDS infected gorilla niggers around who use your tongue to clean off their 4 inch thick 12 inch long cocks after each one is done

He experiences the closest approximation to this by being terrible at day trading. He brings financial assrape upon himself and afterwards goes and cries about what big bullies we are for being right and calling him an idiot.

 

[Uncle Tom's Condo]

How could Johnny Football do this???

Absolutely gutted to read. Kerr county is located in the Texas Hill Country region… but primarily where elevation is lower. This summer has been really fucky in Texas. Whereas it’s typically very arid and hot, there have been tons of heavy storms throughout the entire state. 8’ of rainfall within an hour is insane and no one could have predicted it. Again, couple it with that fact that this happened in the very early morning and it was just recipe for the perfect disaster.

As someone who travels through Fredericksburg quite a bit, I’m familiar with the area. Lovely place, very scenic. The polar opposite of what you would imagine when you think about Texas. Shout out to the camp owner who made the ultimate sacrifice to try to save the children. Just really sad.

Hill Country is gorgeous, but those streams go from a trickle to Class V rapids in the blink of an eye, even if it hasn't rained nearby. I was in San Saba and watched the river absolutely wreck things like 10 years ago. It's not some midwest flood where it slowly rises and gently floods stuff, but more of a violent surge that destroys everything in its path.

 

[Unnecessary Surgery Land]

JFC I remember many, may ages ago I was going to go on a camp with Girl Scouts and it rained... my mom pulled me from going because she was worried it was going to flood. Every now and then I make fun of her about it for being 'too paranoid'-- calling to apologize.

So heartbreaking... that email saying "if you haven't been personally reached out by us your daughter is accounted for" is the scariest thing I've ever read.
Also, a fatwa on every dildo rejoicing this.

 

[Beef Supplier]

I'm a local to this area and I have family who works at the camp. It's been heartbreaking just talking to them. We have delt with floods in the past but I have never seen anything like this before. I ask that people please try to donate to local churches anything will help as families have lost everything and the community will take alot to recover from this.

 

[John Badman]

He experiences the closest approximation to this by being terrible at day trading. He brings financial assrape upon himself and afterwards goes and cries about what big bullies we are for being right and calling him an idiot.

I’m the idiot because I’m not a hypocritical pearl clutcher crying over spilt milk while cheering on migrant children being raped in prisons. Good to know, I’ll keep being the idiot then.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/02/24/el-salvador-children-be-moved-adult-prisons

http://archive.today/6RVM1

 

[Beef Supplier]

“Drowning wetbacks wrapped in barbed wire is funny but don’t you ever dare make fun of a quarter of browns dying if there’s a white kid involved.” — You probably

Im actively looking for the bodies of dead children. I wish people like you would just shut up about shit you don't understand.