Camp Mystic reopening for summer 2026

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Anonymous wrote:The state could simply decide not to renew the camp’s license. It expires at the end of March, and without it the camp can’t open. There is also a pending lawsuit that the old license was improperly approved because the camp did not meet state requirements even before.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/investigations/two-locations-one-license-state-weighs-camp-mystic-renewal-after-july-4-flood-deaths

+1 great info

+1 Hoping they'll make the best decision for everyone's safety.

Agree, since the owners have a financial interest in reopening and the camp families are biased. An objective outsider needs to make the safe choice.

So it should be left to the licensing board not people thousands of miles away who have no connection, interest, or ability to review emergency plans or safety improvements. There is a process so let it play out, emotions shouldn't rule the day.

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I mean obviously the demand is there. But I could never put my child into the care of that family knowing how stupid they are at best and willfully negligent at worst. But some parents care more about bragging rights. If it were just about a nice camp summer for their child, they would choose somewhere else.

This pretty much sums it up. There are options, right?

The point of one of the articles was that one of the girls who survived wanted to go back to the camp. So yes, there are other options, but that's not really the point. I don't think that mom's thought process had anything to do with bragging rights or sororities, but about helping her kid heal.

Seems more like reopening a wound to me. I could never feel safe driving away. Never.

That's fine if you feel that way. Do you understand that others, especially those in the care of a therapist for the last 9 months, might feel different?

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https://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/2026/03/30/why-families-are-fighting-camp-mystics-reopening-after-deadly-flood-and-new-texas-laws/

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/2026/03/30/why-families-are-fighting-camp-mystics-reopening-after-deadly-flood-and-new-texas-laws/

Heartbreaking to hear their pain and so many questions about what transpired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean obviously the demand is there. But I could never put my child into the care of that family knowing how stupid they are at best and willfully negligent at worst. But some parents care more about bragging rights. If it were just about a nice camp summer for their child, they would choose somewhere else.

This pretty much sums it up. There are options, right?

The point of one of the articles was that one of the girls who survived wanted to go back to the camp. So yes, there are other options, but that's not really the point. I don't think that mom's thought process had anything to do with bragging rights or sororities, but about helping her kid heal.

Seems more like reopening a wound to me. I could never feel safe driving away. Never.

Cool but some people believe in getting back in the saddle again. This has nothing to do with you or yours.

These people aren't the ones who died by being thrown from the horse. Your metaphor isn't very good here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean obviously the demand is there. But I could never put my child into the care of that family knowing how stupid they are at best and willfully negligent at worst. But some parents care more about bragging rights. If it were just about a nice camp summer for their child, they would choose somewhere else.

This pretty much sums it up. There are options, right?

The point of one of the articles was that one of the girls who survived wanted to go back to the camp. So yes, there are other options, but that's not really the point. I don't think that mom's thought process had anything to do with bragging rights or sororities, but about helping her kid heal.

Seems more like reopening a wound to me. I could never feel safe driving away. Never.

Cool but some people believe in getting back in the saddle again. This has nothing to do with you or yours.

These people aren't the ones who died by being thrown from the horse. Your metaphor isn't very good here.

Nothing will bring them back but the survivors also need to heal. There are many victims here that you don't seem to realize.

[Anonymous]

My take from the nymag article is that the Eastlands are relying on their Christian God as both reason for the tragedy and excuse from accountability, and continue to perceive the rest of the world (including the victims' parents) as divided into two camps: similarly aligned by faith alone, or deserving of their suffering. It's futile to attempt to convince them that life events are controlled by anything other than an Act of God, which is convenient and sustaining.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/2026/03/30/why-families-are-fighting-camp-mystics-reopening-after-deadly-flood-and-new-texas-laws/

Heartbreaking to hear their pain and so many questions about what transpired.

+1

[Anonymous]

Terrible that no evacuation plan was in place and approved. Campers' safety should be a priority.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/camp-mystic-flooding-victims-sue-texas-allegedly-enforce-evacuation-pl-rcna260356

[Anonymous]

The camp is criminally negligent and they should be sued into oblivion. They should be forced to liquidate anything valuable that the camp possesses (including the other camp property) to compensate the victim’s family. They should not be allowed to operate until it’s fully adjudicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Terrible that no evacuation plan was in place and approved. Campers' safety should be a priority.


https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/camp-mystic-flooding-victims-sue-texas-allegedly-enforce-evacuation-pl-rcna260356

It’s worse than that. Not only did they not have the required evacuation plan, the counselors were in fact prohibited from evacuating. They were TOLD NOT TO.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/camp-mystic-texas-flood-deaths.html

Here's the link. The negligence of the camp owners is unfathomable.

It is a very difficult read. However, the conversation around blame and responsibility for what happened at Mystic and beyond is much more nuanced than this piece portrays. That said, I find the responses and actions in the aftermath by some (not all) of the people in the Eastland family to be completely incomprehensible and bordering on cruel if it wasn’t for the fact that I think it was complete incompetence. I truly think that in the aftermath if they had been better about communication and humility, this would be very different for them.

It's about reopening and making money.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The state could simply decide not to renew the camp’s license. It expires at the end of March, and without it the camp can’t open. There is also a pending lawsuit that the old license was improperly approved because the camp did not meet state requirements even before.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/investigations/two-locations-one-license-state-weighs-camp-mystic-renewal-after-july-4-flood-deaths

+1 great info

+1 Hoping they'll make the best decision for everyone's safety.

Agree, since the owners have a financial interest in reopening and the camp families are biased. An objective outsider needs to make the safe choice.

So it should be left to the licensing board not people thousands of miles away who have no connection, interest, or ability to review emergency plans or safety improvements. There is a process so let it play out, emotions shouldn't rule the day.

Well the board has proven itself too lazy or incompetent to review emergency plans. Mystic didn’t have one. That is the subject of the latest lawsuit against the state. I agree that emotions should not rule the day and that includes the “emotions” of the profit-driven camp owners and those families claiming their living children can “only” heal if they are allowed to return.

[Anonymous]

Isn’t the license renewal due today?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The state could simply decide not to renew the camp’s license. It expires at the end of March, and without it the camp can’t open. There is also a pending lawsuit that the old license was improperly approved because the camp did not meet state requirements even before.

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/investigations/two-locations-one-license-state-weighs-camp-mystic-renewal-after-july-4-flood-deaths

+1 great info

+1 Hoping they'll make the best decision for everyone's safety.

Agree, since the owners have a financial interest in reopening and the camp families are biased. An objective outsider needs to make the safe choice.

So it should be left to the licensing board not people thousands of miles away who have no connection, interest, or ability to review emergency plans or safety improvements. There is a process so let it play out, emotions shouldn't rule the day.

Well the board has proven itself too lazy or incompetent to review emergency plans. Mystic didn’t have one. That is the subject of the latest lawsuit against the state. I agree that emotions should not rule the day and that includes the “emotions” of the profit-driven camp owners and those families claiming their living children can “only” heal if they are allowed to return.

Yes, they definitely need a random granny from DC to tell them what to do.