Texas inspectors signed an emergency plan of Camp Mistic two days ago Horrific flood More than two dozen people were killed at the All-Girls Christian Summer Camp, most of them children.
The State Health Services Department on Tuesday released a record, which complied with the camp hosting the state rules about “procedures applied in disaster”. Among them: To instruct the campers if they need to vacate and assign specific duties to each staff member and counselor.
The five-year inspection report issued to the Associated Press does not offer any details of those schemes in the mistic, which raise new questions about the preparations for the camp before the July 4 rains in the flood-affected Texas Hill Country.
The National Weather Service had released a flood watch for the area at 1:18 pm on July 3 that Danger inspired at least one of the about 18 camps on the banks of the Gwadalup river to take dozens of campers to the high land.
The Camp Mistic, established in 1926, did not do this and was particularly tough when the river increased from 14 feet (4.2 m) to 29.5 feet (9 m) to 29.5 feet (9 meters) within 60 minutes in the early time of the disaster. The flood on that section of Guadalup begins at about 10 feet (3 m).
A water wall overwhelmed people in cabins, tents and trailers along the banks of the river. Some of the remaining people were found sticking to trees.
Uncertainty comes as local authorities Repeated dodging questions What measures were taken to monitor the weather and in front of the flood.
At least 27 campers and consultants died during the flood, and officials said on Tuesday that five campers and one counselor were still not found. Among the dead were Richard “Dick” Eastland, the dear director of the camp described as a father by the campers.
The possibility of heavy rains caused caution in speed as the state activated an emergency response plan and transferred resources to the central Texas region.
The state inspected the camp mistic on July 2, on the same day the Texas Division of Emergency Management activated emergency response resources before the anticipated flood.
The inspection found no shortcomings or violations in the camp in a long list of health and safety criteria. The camp had 557 campers and more than 100 employees at that time between their Guadalup and Saru Lake places.
Disaster plans need to be posted in all camp buildings, but have not been filed with the state, Lara Anton said Lara Anton, spokesman of the Texas Department of State Health Services.
“We are not with them,” Anton has written in an email. “You have to get it from the camp.”
Camp Mistic did not respond to the requests of commenting on their emergency plans. In a statement on its website, the camp stated that it has “been in communication with local and state officials who are deploying extensive resources to search for our missing girls.”
Camp Mystic notes that it is licensed by the state and a member of the Camping Association for Mutual Progress, which states that its goal is to “increase health and safety standards” for summer camps. The leaders of that association did not return the message.
The American Camp Association said on Tuesday that Camp Mystic has not been recognized with an organization whose standard focuses on safety and risk management. Spokesperson Lauren McMillin refused to say whether the camp was first recognized with the association, describing themselves as “all years and the only nationwide recognition organization for summer camps”.
According to data from the Guadalupa-Blacko River Authority, a rain gauge, about a mile (1.6 km) from Camp Mystic, recorded 9.5 inches (24 cm) rainfall on 4 July. One of the agency’s gauges – 12.2 inches (31 cm) of rainfall was recorded in the south and west. The authority told AP that both of its equipment were reviewed during the flood incident in both.
However, at least four United States Geological Survey Gauzalup River experienced some level of failure on 4 July.
Gauge, located near Hunt and Kerville, stopped collecting both the river level and water flow rate in the morning of July 4.
According to data from the national ocean and atmospheric administration, a gauge, approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) east and 5 miles (8 km) north -east, north -east, was recorded at 4:35 pm (9 m) on July 4 at 4:35 am (9 meters). This was the final recorded river level from instrumentation until a USGS hydrologist installed a temporary gauge. At that time, the hygiene measured the high water mark at 37.52 feet (11.44 m), an initial estimate that can change.
At that location, a river level of 32 feet (9.75 m) can give rise to “destructive life-threatening floods”, which can cover the roads of the lowest camps and resorts according to NOAA.
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The story has been updated to correct that rainfall of 9.5 inches (24 cm) rainfall of rain was about one mile (1.6 km) from the gauge camp, not 1,500 ft (460 m).
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Associated press reporter Hannah Fingerhat contributed.
