Twice, the Texas Division of Emergency Management turned down Kerr County's requests for money to improve flood warnings.

Over the last decade, an array of local and state agencies have missed opportunities to fund a flood warning system intended to avert the type of disaster that swept away dozens of youth campers and others in Kerr County,

Several local officials had tried to convince the community nearly a decade ago to fund a new early flood warning system but were unsuccessful, a Chronicle investigation found.  INVESTIGATION: Camp Mystic was required to have evacuation plans.