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Jun 5, 2023
4:06
:49
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Peter Venkman
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A small miracle it happened during the day
4 or 5 hours from first noticing the leak to full dam breach...this could have all happened during the dead of night and you'd have a mass casualty event.
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47 years ago today the Teton Dam broke, such a terrible summer
RC Vikings
6/5/23 3:35pm
We were driving back from Craters of the Moon when we heard about it on the radio. I was still in elementary school
Indy Coug
6/5/23 3:38pm
My company has an office in Rexburg - there is still dirt residue in the basement storage areas of the building.
Pollster
6/5/23 3:39pm
These posts are always interesting because you get a glimpse into how old everyone is
2FarGone
6/5/23 3:40pm
I was just thinking the same thing.
IdahoCoug
6/5/23 3:41pm
Was thier any warning?
germ1
6/5/23 3:40pm
About an hour
SingleStrapBackpack
6/5/23 3:46pm
It took a couple of hours for the water to hit Rexburg, people had a little
RC Vikings
6/5/23 3:47pm
A small miracle it happened during the day
Peter Venkman
6/5/23 4:06pm
See also
Northwest Cougar
6/5/23 3:50pm
I was in Japan on my mission and our Landlord woke us up after midnight to tell us the whole state of Idaho was under
CLCougar
6/5/23 3:46pm
Enjoy!
The 435
6/5/23 3:48pm
Amazing only 11 people died in that.
O Gaucho
6/5/23 4:20pm
I was a 10-day old baby living temporarily at my grandma’s farm in the Burton area that day. My parents were on summer
SingleStrapBackpack
6/5/23 3:48pm
My parents and brother went through it.
58DCougar
6/5/23 3:50pm
Most of the houses I lived in as a kid got swept away. But my family had moved
Nat Gas Man
6/5/23 3:51pm
I read about it in Cadillac Desert. It was so well written that it was like I
Revolution
6/5/23 3:59pm
My dad knew the lead engineer (last name was Robinson, I think?). He always felt bad for the guy because he thought he
SingleStrapBackpack
6/5/23 4:00pm
I was 7 and playing with my sisters and the neighbor kid with trucks...
bluecheese
6/5/23 4:02pm
wow, glad you weren't buried alive, I mean dead, by mud.
qwerew
6/5/23 7:48pm
My parents lived in the dorms too.
58DCougar
6/5/23 8:15pm
I remember my dad and others skipping church to go help.
qwerew
6/5/23 7:46pm
I was in the huge caravan of buses headed there for clean up from Utah
Bullrider
6/5/23 8:31pm
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