> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.possibilities.news/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Texas's Lost Little Girls - URL: https://www.possibilities.news/camp-mystic-texas-floods/ - Published: 2025-07-10T12:00:32.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-10T12:00:33.000Z - Description: The young girls of Camp Mystic deserved better. - Author: Yessenia Funes **This edition is available to all (except the paid exclusives). Support my work and upgrade to paid** [**here**](https://www.possibilities.news/#/portal/signup) **for as little as $5 a month.** 💗 ****| R E A D E R | T E S T I M O N I A L |** It's clear how invested you are in every case you follow and how much you care about learning, educating, and doing the most you can. It's refreshing to see journalism reflecting humanity and not a political power. --- **LISTENING:** *to the coffee shop chatter* **FEELING:** *ready for some time off* **SEEING:** *the great people of new york* When I read about the tragedy at Camp Mystic, Texas — the river that swelled, the floodwaters that rushed in, the government inaction that [killed](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/camp-mystic-campers-counselors-killed-texas-flooding/?ref=possibilities.news) — all I could think about was my niece. My 9-year-old baby girl. The light in my life. My mini me. My diva. My little love. My Mills. Any one of these girls could've been one of her friends. Mary Kate Jacobe was only 8\. Lainey Landry was just 9\. Hadley Hanna was also 8\. As was Linnie McCown. They had so much life left to live: so many friendships to spark, slumber parties to earn, hair strands to braid, songs to sing, hearts to break. That was all cut short. And their blood is on the hands of politicians who refuse to respond to the climate crisis. At the heart of climate justice is a recognition that those who contributed the least to our planet's destruction will bear the highest cost. And who's the most vulnerable? Children. They inherited this world. They didn't build it. Children didn't [cut investments](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/07/congress-electricity-tax-cuts/683416/?ref=possibilities.news) in clean energy. They didn't [delay](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-floods-emergency-alerts-weather-forecast-staffing-budget/?ref=possibilities.news) the installation of emergency alert systems. Children dream. They recognize evil. They question and challenge. And, most importantly, they love fiercely — their family, their friends, their community, the Earth. Adults are the ones who slowly erode the sweetest parts of our kids. I teach my niece that revolution is joyful. That we must love our neighbors. That everyone deserves dignity. That we stand up to bullies. That the government should serve us. I also teach her to be prepared — that we must now look out for tornadoes and floods and flames. That our world is scary, but it's a little less scary when we lean on each other. Hold the little ones in your life close. My heart is with the parents in Texas. I wish to never know their grief, yet I fear disaster will soon come for us all. We are not untouchable. We are merely human. 🌀 **My family is facing another crisis of our own. I** [**mentioned**](https://www.possibilities.news/alligator-alcatraz-immigrants-everglades/) **in last week's newsletter, and my community came together to set up a** [**GoFundMe**](https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-yessenia-funes-family-during-ice-crisis?ref=possibilities.news)**. 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Send agents my way! **The newsletter ends here for free subscribers.** [**Why not upgrade?**](https://www.possibilities.news/#/portal/signup) ## Rest in Power **While we can't say for certain that climate change led to these specific weather events (we need attribution studies for that), we do know that the Earth's rising temperatures are already creating more frequent and/or stronger disasters like these.** At least [119 people](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/texas-floods-missing-search.html?ref=possibilities.news) have died following these awful floods in Texas. New Mexico saw its own flash floods after Texas. At least [three people](https://www.ruidoso-nm.gov/news-info/8egamy65xdhr8ly9ptyepyn8xsenle?ref=possibilities.news) are dead. A 4-year-old and a 7-year-old are [among the deceased](https://abcnews.go.com/US/deadly-new-mexico-flooding-rio-ruidoso/story?id=123599023&ref=possibilities.news). In North Carolina, Tropical Storm Chantal [killed](https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/weather/severe-weather/how-many-people-have-died-north-carolina-from-flooding-caused-by-chantal/83-8ab97c38-e2cb-4fb4-bd1a-15a2bd599be5?ref=possibilities.news) at least five people. The canyons of Utah also experienced their own deadly rains, [leaving](https://www.backpacker.com/news-and-events/news/hiker-deaths-utah-flooding-bryce-canyon?ref=possibilities.news) at least one hiker dead. At least [two people](https://apnews.com/article/greece-turkey-wildfires-crete-tourists-5bff42d78ccd762fc69d4e95e4b22c38?ref=possibilities.news) are dead in Turkey after severe wildfires last week. The death toll of monsoon rains in northern India [reached](https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/death-toll-in-himachal-pradesh-rises-to-80-as-devastating-monsoon-continues-in-state-101751948826592.html?ref=possibilities.news) 80. On Monday, [Typhoon Danas](https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/typhoon-danas-crosses-taiwan-killing-2-injuring-300-123527048?ref=possibilities.news) struck Taiwan, leaving at least two dead. ## Currently Reading I've been writing lots — [a piece on nuclear](https://atmos.earth/who-pays-the-price-for-nuclears-energy-promise/?ref=possibilities.news) and [another on the Big Ugly Bill](https://atmos.earth/a-rare-showing-of-bipartisanship-stopped-the-senates-public-land-grab/?ref=possibilities.news) for Atmos — but I've been way too overwhelmed to read lately. 🥲 Care to share some links with me this week, instead? ## Collage ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/0c/1a/0c1a1c44-c395-4236-a843-5697585f81d1/content/images/2025/07/034_community.png) 034\. ****COMMUNITY** by Yessenia Funes using mixed media, 2025. ****What did I miss? Share in a comment.** **Forward this to your favorite baby girl. xx** \- Yessenia