Smyrl

But Ms. Smyrl is among what appears to be a quiet majority of parents and alumnae who support the camp’s reopening, and see the Eastlands as equal victims of an unforeseeable natural disaster for which no one could have prepared. […] She, too, was a Mystic girl, and she wanted to thank Ms. Smyrl for saying something positive about the camp, and the Eastland family.

2026 February 24, Ruth Graham, “How the Flood Fractured the Tightknit Camp Mystic Community”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2026