Camp Mystic in Texas files for bankruptcy after catastrophic floods killed 28 people

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CNN US

Updated Jun 24, 2026, 9:27 AM ET
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2026, 9:18 AM ET


AP - Camp Mystic filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization on Wednesday, nearly a year after catastrophic floods killed 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the all-girls Christian camp in Texas.

In paperwork filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, the camp listed its debt as exceeding $10 million. The camp along the Guadalupe River said it had assets in the range of 100,001 to $500,000.

Families of the victims filed a lawsuit in November, saying the camp operators failed to take the necessary steps to protect the girls as life-threatening floodwaters approached on July 4. Camp owner Richard Eastland also died in the flood.

All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/24/us/texas-floods-camp-mystic

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[walkingman]

1. Just another way to shield their liability and tell the families to "eat cake", and continue

to operate as a "Christian" family oriented business....Thoughts and Prayers.

[UpInArms]

2. If only Texas had put flood indicator warnings upriver from this

It had been a known problem for years

[Bengus81]

3. Wasn't that warning system in Biden's infrastructure bill that Abbott killed

or just didn't want??

[UpInArms]

6. Sourcing that to the Texas Tribune

https://www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/texas-kerr-county-commissioners-flooding-warning/

In 2021, Kerr County was awarded a $10.2 million windfall from the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, which Congress passed that same year to support local governments impacted by the pandemic. Cities and counties were given flexibility to use the money on a variety of expenses, including those related to storm-related infrastructure. Corpus Christi, for example, allocated $15 million of its ARPA funding to “rehabilitate and/or replace aging storm water infrastructure.” Waco’s McLennan County spent $868,000 on low water crossings.

Kerr County did not opt for ARPA to fund flood warning systems despite commissioners discussing such projects nearly two dozen times since 2016. In fact, a survey sent to residents about ARPA spending showed that 42% of the 180 responses wanted to reject the $10 million bonus altogether, largely on political grounds.

“I’m here to ask this court today to send this money back to the Biden administration, which I consider to be the most criminal treasonous communist government ever to hold the White House,” one resident told commissioners in April 2022, fearing strings were attached to the money.

“We don’t want to be bought by the federal government, thank you very much,” another resident told commissioners. “We’d like the federal government to stay out of Kerr County and their money.”

Even Kelly, the Kerr County judge remarked that this “old law partner” – U.S. Sen. John Cornyn – had told him that if the county did not spend the money it would go back to blue states.

[Norrrm]

4. Warning systems not wanted? Kerr County.

https://crooksandliars.com/2025/07/why-kerry-county-tx-still-mess-after-flash
Guess Why Kerr County TX Is Still A Mess After Flash Flooding

Puppy killer Noem delayed funding so much that what should have been rescue missions became recovery missions.
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143504991

'Not a damned penny!' 'Abandoned' Texas flood survivors prepare to clash with officials

Kerr County did not want *Biden's* money for warning systems so they spent it elsewhere.

[twodogsbarking]

5. Tear it all down and erect a small monument to those who died.

[Simeon Salus]

7. This sort of catastrophic flooding has been happening in the Texas Hill Country for many years

Here's a link to a 1993 TV movie about a crusading public servant who's ignored and belittled for their efforts to save camp kids.

The Flood: Who Will Save Our Children?

Apparently nobody wants to save Texas children badly enough. They do want to save bankrupt Christian summer camps.

[Simeon Salus]

8. I just noticed this film wasn't made in Texas (or even the United States)

The film about the Hill Country's frequent flooding was made in...

Queensland, Australia.