We were driving back from Craters of the Moon when we heard about it on the radio. I was still in elementary school

Jun 5, 2023
3:38:58pm

Indy Coug Loquacious Lummox

And had a really hard time wrapping my head around what to expect and how worried to be. My grandparents in Idaho Falls lived near the river but the waters stayed about two blocks away from them.

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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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