by Ashley Dickens, a Springfield, Tennessee, mother and nurse, was already a little anxious. She was just a few days away from leaving off Natalie, her 11-year-old daughter, at summer camp for the first time.
Then followed the disaster at Camp Mystic in Central Texas, where on July 4th, a flood on the Guadalupe River washed away trees, possessions, and the lives of over two dozen campers and staff.
After watching the news last weekend with dismay, Ms. Dickens and her husband wondered if they could really afford to take Natalie to camp.
Oh my goodness, she replied, we debated sending her multiple times. In an attempt to determine the probability of anything occurring, we went online and looked up the name of the body of water closest to our site.
Americans nationwide were shocked and inconsolable after witnessing the muddy devastation at the riverbank Camp Mystic, leaving them to wonder how so many young lives could have been destroyed. Campers, parents, and directors at thousands of overnight camps—havens of adventure and safety in the middle of summer—were particularly affected by the water.
This week, camp supervisors went over their security and safety procedures. Additional safety measures were installed in some camps.
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