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2naSalit

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3. When I was in...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jun 8, 2026, 04:22 PM

Jun 8

School, Idaho State U, a couple professor I knew TOLD the ACE NOT to build that kind of dam there as this was likely to happen. They did it anyway.

Now there are building that survived the flood mark where the flood line was and there's a museum about the flood in Rexburg/Sugar City. The first time I passed through there was about 16 months later, it was still freaky looking. A lot of the spud cellars where I picked up freight were new.

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On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 OP

Wowsers! I do not remember that. marble falls Jun 8 #1

Civil Engineers bucolic_frolic Jun 8 #2

When I was in... 2naSalit Jun 8 #3

Yes, me and 3 friends were camping along the side of the river, and left early in the a.m., to go on to Yellowstone. SWBTATTReg Jun 8 #4