American sleep-away camps began as a way to protect children from the threats of the world. Parents continue to see them that way.

Hero Texas camp director Richard “Dick” Eastland battled floods for decades and even saw his pregnant wife once airlifted off the grounds to a hospital because of a deluge.

Houston-born actor Dennis Quaid shared a personal story about the deadly floods that killed more than 100 in the Texas Hill Country last weekend. His 17-year-old daughter, Zoe, was a counselor at a camp 75 miles north of Kerrville when the floods swept through the area.

The deadly Texas floods have brought the state's approach to land approvals, especially in flood-prone areas, under more scrutiny.

As floodwaters rose in Texas, camp counselors hoisted children onto rafters, carried them to dry ground and sang with them to keep them calm

Records released Tuesday show Camp Mystic met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear.

Controversy erupted after a fundraiser for Sade Perkins, a former Houston official who made racial comments about the 27 girls who died in Camp Mystic floods.

Taking swift action, counselors at Camp La Junta in the Texas Hill Country managed to evacuate hundreds of children from a raging flood.