By Jessica Taloney Reporter
More than a thousand miles separate the boy scout tragedy in Blencoe, Iowa and scouts on the Gulf Coast. With no newspaper or television at the Scoutshire Campground in Citronelle, girl scout leaders there didn't know about the deaths until Thursday morning. Camp director, "Woody", says she conducted a routine emergency drill with her campers Thursday before she even got the news. "Nothings more than a two minute walk for anybody or a one minute run," said Woody. Woody says there is plan to keep campers safe during severe weather... beginning with a three minute siren and ending with a headcount of all campers. "We're deeply concerned about the scouts that are involved," said Molly Smart, a spokeswoman for Girl Scouts of South Alabama, who says scouts across the country are mourning the deaths of the four Iowa campers. "We have them in our payers and we're thinking about them." Smart says the tragedy in Iowa is a harsh reminder of the responsibility on scout leaders' shoulders. "First and foremost it's to do what you can before hand. You can't prevent certain things from happening," said Smart. Like the boyscouts, girlscouts make it their priority to "be prepared." Smart says scouts hope for the best but plan for the worst.

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