Wisconsin summer camps reflect on emergency preparedness amid Camp Mystic flooding tragedy

SURING (WLUK) — Summer camps in Wisconsin are in full swing, and while the catastrophic flash flooding in Texas that has killed more than 100 people so far isn’t the number one concern at Northeast Wisconsin camps, the safety of campers and staff is certainly the top priority.

Camp U-Nah-Li-Ya in Oconto County has about 160 campers, plus three dozen staff members, on site this week. The Texas tragedy is not far from the minds of these staffers as they assess their surroundings.

At least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic have died and at least 10 are still missing as a result of devastating flash flooding that swept through the region on the Fourth of July…

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