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1 hour ago, King George said:

Waldemar is $8500 for 4 weeks. Mystic is similar. 

Camp Mondamin in NC is > $9000 for their 5-week main session for next year.

Ozark breaks their sessions differently (1 and two week chunks), but staying 4 weeks is basically the same as above.

Texas has no monopoly on this industry.

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5 hours ago, LonghornSean said:

Was I correct in reading that the bubble inn and twins cabins are still intact, they were just totally inundated during the flooding? I think I saw a mystic mom saying that on instagram.

They are pretty intact although they were inundated almost to the ceiling. The inundation itself wasnt the problem. The river crested pretty rapidly, filling up the cabins, and then fell rapidly and the water draining out of the cabins sucked all the remaining girls out the doors and windows. 

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On 7/10/2025 at 11:58 AM, Js1 said:

Nope, welcome to our society of "no accountability"

not my fault

I don't know them

That was before my time, so you can't blame me

My bad. I CR’d it.

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11 hours ago, ZB'Tejas said:


Clay went to the PreK program here in Austin that mine went to.

This was a newer house on stilts that took it out of the 100 year flood. If it got swept away then it’s hard for me to place much blame on placement of the mystic cabins. It was truly a tragic freak event that would have been so hard to plan for. Alarm system, other warming tools sure, but still just unfathomable.

If, as mentioned, some of those cabins were in the floodway, there's blame to place.

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5 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Wonder who usually brings things like portapotties into disaster areas

c'mon, you know! Don't be coy.

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This is news involving a current event. Definitely has a Texas slant. Apparently contracts for the call center staffers either canceled or not renewed in midst of crisis. Comments?

 

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Dennis Quaid Gives Update on Daughter Zoe, 17, Following the Fatal Texas Floods

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Kayla Grant
Kayla Grant is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2025. Her work has previously appeared in theGrio, Shondaland and ESSENCE GU.
Published on July 11, 2025 02:37PM EDT
 
 

NEED TO KNOW

  • Dennis Quaid gave an update on his daughter Zoe, 17, following the fatal floods in Texas
  • On a broadcast with Fox News, the actor shared that his daughter was working at a camp close to Camp Mystic
  • Quaid is a father of three children: twins Thomas and Zoe and son Jack Quaid

Dennis Quaid is sharing an update following the fatal Texas floods.

On the Thursday, July 10, broadcast of Fox News' Hannity, The Parent Trap alum, 71, gave an update on his daughter Zoe, 17, who he says was a few miles away from the fatal floods at Texas' Camp Mystic. The teenager is working at a nearby camp as a counselor this summer, and her dad told the outlet that she's okay.

“Hill County in Texas is a magical place, especially for children going to camp there. It’s a cherished memory you carry with you all your life,” Quaid said on the broadcast. “My daughter was a few miles away from [Camp] Mystic, further north. Thankfully, their camp was okay.”

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Quaid, who shares his daughter and her twin brother Thomas with his third wife Kimberly Buffington, later recalled the moment he found out about the floods. The dad of three said that he "didn't get a lot of sleep that night," as he was trying to get in contact with his daughter.

“I heard about this as I was going to bed that night, and I tried to call her because I knew she was up there,” the Sovereign actor continued. “I knew it wasn’t near where the floods were, but I wasn’t able to talk to her till the next day. I didn’t really get a lot of sleep that night.”

Quaid went on to offer his condolences to Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt and his family. The Hunt family lost their cousin Janie, who was only 9 years old, in the floods.

“My heart goes out to everybody [and] my heart goes out to the Hunt family, who are friends of my wife, Laura [Savoie], and I,” Quaid said on the broadcast. “Janie Hunt, who was lost that weekend. I can’t imagine … how devastating that would be. None of us can.”

Many celebrities and Texas natives have been sharing their support for the community after the devastating loss. On Today with Jenna and Friends, host Jenna Bush Hager took a moment to share the complex emotions she felt after dropping her daughters off at summer camp following the fatal floods. The daughter of former President George W. Bush and first lady Laura Bush, 43, got emotional during the Monday, July 7 episode of her daytime talk show while talking about how she dropped her daughters off at another camp in Texas. During the morning show, the mom of three opened up about the emotional reality that every parent is facing right now."My kids actually got dropped off at camp yesterday at another camp in Texas, and you know putting them on the bus saying goodbye to them and I know so many parents whose kids are at camp or going to camp feel that way, like you know we send our kids into the world with the faith that they can have happy lives, joyful lives and as adults we know pain. We hope that our kids never, ever face it. But you know, Texas is a resilient, incredible state." To learn how to help support the victims and recovery efforts from the Texas floods, click here.

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Zoe Quaid was a junior counselor at Camp Longhorn on Inks Lake when this happened. Dennis should sit this one out.

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1 hour ago, Sawbonz said:


This is news involving a current event. Definitely has a Texas slant. Apparently contracts for the call center staffers either canceled or not renewed in midst of crisis. Comments?

 

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Ok but after Harvey here in Port Aransas really the only way to contact FEMA was to go get in line for an hour or two at the Community Center. Calling them for an update? Hahaha. This is nothing new.

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1 minute ago, justhookit said:

Ok but after Harvey here in Port Aransas really the only way to contact FEMA was to go get in line for an hour or two at the Community Center. Calling them for an update? Hahaha. This is nothing new.

I dealt with them for Rita. The biggest help for us believe it or not was the Germania insurance staff who deployed to Beaumont 

 

granted, Rita was 20 years ago and Harvey almost 10, but I don’t recall hearing have a big chunk of call center employees were either terminated or had their contracts expire immediately after the events

  

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57 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Ok but after Harvey here in Port Aransas really the only way to contact FEMA was to go get in line for an hour or two at the Community Center. Calling them for an update? Hahaha. This is nothing new.

Must be something 2017 and 2025 have in common. But I can’t put my finger on it 

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Zoe Quaid was a junior counselor at Camp Longhorn on Inks Lake when this happened. Dennis should sit this one out.

Relax, statement police. He said that his daughter was elsewhere.
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2 hours ago, Cap33 said:

Zoe Quaid was a junior counselor at Camp Longhorn on Inks Lake when this happened. Dennis should sit this one out.

Hey when Hannity comes a-callin' what kind of person turns that down?

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1 hour ago, justhookit said:

Ok but after Harvey here in Port Aransas really the only way to contact FEMA was to go get in line for an hour or two at the Community Center. Calling them for an update? Hahaha. This is nothing new.

My experience was similar.  Fema did jack shit for me 

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I know we aren't getting our tuition back. Frankly, I'm hearing good things about how La Junta handled the flood and I'm just so happy with Scott and the rest of the staff I couldn't care less. Fwiw, it stretches me financially just to send one kid. I have two others on deck. Yes, these camps are filled with our best NIL donors kids. But there's also a significant portion whose parents send their kids to camp instead of something else. I know from my own life how important it was getting away from my parents for an extended period of time, and I want to give that to my kids. Seems to me kids are tougher, more resilient, and better adjusted after going to camp. I view it as a direct investment in their character and development, similar to playing sports and learning those lessons. I wish it was cheaper but the demand is through the roof which speaks to the value. The girls camps are even moreso. Most people I know get their daughters on the list for Mystic or Waldemar the day they are born. They have the call tee'd up and everything. Just like much of the sports stuff or school stuff, I find a lot of it insane, but I do it anyways because the benefits outweigh how ridiculous it is. 

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All of TMs old camp culture articles are free too. I think it was the 1975 article that quoted a freshman woman at UT saying "I wint get into this sorority, I went to the wrong summer camp." that really clicked the camp to greek class/wealth connection for me. That one sentence explained it all. 

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