Camp Mystic, Hill Country floods
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Ex-Houston board appointee Sadé Perkins faced backlash for offensive comments about Camp Mystic after deadly floods, with her boyfriend rebuking her statements.
Gary and DeeAnn Knetsch were camping directly next to the Guadalupe River with their son, Jake Moeller, his wife, Megan and their five-year-old daughter, Harley. Gary, DeeAnn, Jake and Megan all lost their lives. Harley is still among the missing. Both families lived in Canyon Lake but have ties to the Houston and Mont Belvieu areas.
The senior minister of Houston's First Unitarian Universalist Church is publicly distancing himself from the controversial remarks made by his partner about the Camp Mystic flood disaster that killed 27 campers and counselors over the Fourth of July weekend.
Former Houston appointee Sade Perkins recently came under fire after claiming that Camp Mystic was "White-only" as the Texas camp deals with catastrophic flooding that killed dozens.
Mary Kate Jacobe was at Camp Mystic in Kerr County when raging floodwaters roared through the camp on July 4.
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire is taking steps to permanently remove a member of the city’s food insecurity board following racial comments she made on social media about the devastating flooding in the Hill Country that decimated Camp Mystic, a private summer camp for girls.
A Houston family speaks out, sharing photos of their young daughter who they lost in the floods at Camp Mystic
Perkins was not the only individual caught in backlash for their comments about the natural disaster. Dr. Christina Propst, a Houston-based pediatrician, was fired from her job at Blue Fish Pediatrics for allegedly sharing a now-deleted Facebook post that the victims of the floods who backed Trump "got what they voted for."