Camp Mystic to reopen Cypress Lake next summer; Guadalupe site remains too damaged
Camp Mystic said it will reopen its Cypress Lake sister site next summer while its 99‑year‑old Camp Mystic Guadalupe — where a July 4 flash flood killed 27 campers and counselors and was part of a wider Texas flooding disaster that killed at least 136 people — remains too damaged to reopen. Leaders say the reopening will follow newly passed Texas camp‑safety laws (including bans on cabins in dangerous flood zones, detailed emergency plans, staff training and emergency warning systems), that they are working with engineers and other experts, and that they plan to build a memorial; the legislative package includes roughly $240 million from the state's rainy‑day fund for disaster relief, warning sirens and improved forecasting.
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- Camp leaders emailed families that the Cypress Lake sister site will reopen next summer while the 99‑year‑old Camp Mystic Guadalupe is too damaged to reopen next year.
- The camp said reopening plans will follow newly passed Texas camp‑safety legislation and that leaders are 'working with engineers and other experts' to implement required changes.
- The camp announced plans to build a memorial to the girls who died and described the memorial's design goals in communications with families.
- The article references the specific legislative package, including about $240 million from the state's rainy‑day fund for disaster relief, warning sirens and improved weather forecasting.
- Camp Mystic plans to reopen its Cypress Lake site next summer; the older Camp Mystic Guadalupe site is too damaged to reopen next summer.
- The July 4 flash flood on the Guadalupe River killed 27 campers and counselors at the flooded site and at least 136 people in the wider Texas flooding disaster.
- Texas lawmakers passed camp-safety measures requiring prohibitions on cabins in dangerous flood zones, detailed emergency plans, staff training, emergency warning systems, and allocated $240 million from the rainy day fund for disaster relief and related upgrades.