Ex-weather bosses sent haunting letter warning Trump cuts could lead to deaths weeks before flood

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40. One Camp Evacuated In Time. Why Didn't ALL the Camps?

An important part of this tragic story that hasn't got much coverage:

Quick action by 1 Texas summer camp led to timely evacuations ahead of deadly flood

Despite an absence of warning by local authorities, camp officials acted quickly on their own.

By Associated Press
07/06/2025 07:37 PM EDT

It was about 1 a.m. on the Fourth of July when the facilities manager at a central Texas summer camp saw water from the Guadalupe River steadily rising amid a deluge of rain.

Aroldo Barrera notified his boss, who had been monitoring reports of the storms approaching Presbyterian Mo-Ranch Assembly, a recreation destination where an intercultural youth conference had been called off early just hours earlier.

Despite an absence of warning by local authorities, camp officials acted quickly on their own, relocating about 70 children and adults staying overnight in a building near the river. With the kids safe, camp leaders including President and CEO Tim Huchton were able to avoid the catastrophe that hit at least one other camp near Hunt, where the 500-acre Mo-Ranch is located.

“They helped them pack up,” Lisa Winters, communications director for Mo-Ranch, told The Associated Press on Sunday. “They got them up, they got them out, put them up on higher ground.”

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https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/06/quick-action-by-1-texas-summer-camp-led-to-timely-evacuations-ahead-of-deadly-flood-00441065