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Jun 5, 2023
3:41:01pm

IdahoCoug CB A.I. Expert

I was just thinking the same thing.

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IdahoCoug

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Last login: Apr 19, 2024
Total posts: 13,049 (499 FO)

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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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