Overview
- In court this week, the director said he did not see federal and state flood warnings posted the day before the storm and held no staff meeting about the risk.
- He testified that he slept through a 1 a.m. phone alert, staff moved canoes around 2 a.m., and cabin evacuations did not begin until about 3 a.m.
- He acknowledged the camp had no written emergency plan and said most workers had little training for a flood.
- Families who lost children are asking a judge to block a summer reopening and to keep damaged areas intact as evidence, and the camp has appealed a preservation order.
- Texas health officials are reviewing hundreds of complaints, the Texas Rangers are assisting a neglect probe, and operators say nearly 900 campers have signed up for a partial reopening on higher ground.