<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span></span></div><div><div>Courtesy of <i>Only In Your State</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/id-teton-dam/">http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/idaho/id-teton-dam/</a></div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------</div><div><h1 style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border: 0px; font-size: 1.6em; margin: 14px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; line-height: 1.2em; width: 710px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">On This Day In 1976, The Unthinkable Happened In Idaho</h1><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The dizzying heights of America’s tallest dams have long caused both awe at their large-scale engineering, as well as fear over whether monolith construction sites can truly withstand the forces of nature. The June 5 collapse of the Teton Dam is one man-made disaster that shook the country due to its widespread consequences – over 300 square miles and an entire ecosystem were demolished in its wake. And today, exactly 40 years later, this horrific tragedy still lingers in the memories of locals and family members alike.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Idaho’s Teton Dam, just northeast of Rexburg on the Teton River, began its construction in 1972.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_01.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_01.jpg</a></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Situated on shifting soil in a high seismic area, the dam was risky to begin with, but historians now believe that the project -- headed by the Bureau of Reclamation -- moved far too quickly, ultimately with fatal consequences.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="font-weight: bold; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The earthen dam was intended to be one of the first of its kind — an engineering marvel.</span></p><div class="imgDescription" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_02.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_02.jpg</a></div><div class="imgDescription" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Soaring around 325 feet; it was meant to rival the pinnacle structures of the Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam in its craftsmanship. At 3200 feet long, it would have also been the longest dam in the Northwest.</span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">A total of 10 million cubic yards of earth were used in its construction.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_03.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_03.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Before the collapse, the reservoir behind the dam stretched 17 miles.</span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As the dam began to be filled for the first time, small seepage spots began appearing on the surface of the earth.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_04.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_04.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="font-weight: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It became clear that the dam wasn't fully sealed. High-pressure springs began shooting into the air thousands of feet away from the dam, proving without a doubt that the internal structure of the dam had weakened during the filling process, Something was horrifically wrong.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="font-weight: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The wet soil spots became leaks and soon, holes began to appear.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_05.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_05.jpg</a></div><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Bulldozers began trying to push soil and rock into the holes to stave off the inevitable. Next, a whirlpool was spotted in the reservoir, swirling ominously as if to warn onlookers. <br><br>Only an hour or so later both bulldozers had disappeared into the very holes they had been trying to fill. </span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Meanwhile, a warning was issued to residents of Fremont County around 10:45am.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_06.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_06.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Residents of Madison County weren’t warned until a few minutes later.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_07.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_07.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But it was too late. </span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_08.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_08.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Disaster struck.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_09.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_09.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At 11:57am on June 5, 1976, without further warning, the 500-yard thick earthen wall exploded into a roaring sea.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_10.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_10.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Later, it was discovered that the breach had been triggered by at 32-foot crack boring straight into the "watertight" core of the dam.</span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The results of the engineering error were catastrophic.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_11.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_11.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The torrent washed away everything within 300 miles.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_12.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_12.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">80 million gallons of rainwater and stored snow runoff poured out onto the unsuspecting communities nearby, killing at least a dozen locals and injuring far more.</span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Distant towns had a few hours to prepare… But not everyone was so lucky.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_13.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_13.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The reservoir was almost full at the time, but it only took 5 hours to empty itself.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_14.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_14.jpg</a></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-weight: bold;"><br></div></div></div></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Houses, schools, cars, crops, and more were either demolished or carried away with the current.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_15.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_15.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The towns of Wilford and Sugar City were obliterated.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_16.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_16.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Other communities nearby felt the effects as well. </span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">$1 billion in damages were recorded.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="font-weight: normal; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_17.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_17.jpg</a></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div class="imgDescription" style="font-weight: normal; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The dam alone cost $100 million to build. </span></div><div class="gallery-item" style="border: 0px; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 710px; float: none !important;"><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The remnants told a haunting tale.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_18.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_18.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><br></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_19.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_19.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><br></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_20.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_20.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><br></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_21.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_21.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><br></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_22.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_22.jpg</a></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Teton Dam site as it looks today. No attempts have been made to rebuild.</span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div class="wp-caption-text gallery-caption" style="font-weight: bold; border: 0px; margin: 5px 0px 2px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><div id="gallery-1" class="gallery galleryid-371143 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-large" style="border: 0px; margin: auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: normal;"><div class="imgDescription" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The remnants of this large-scale dam now stand as a silent reminder of that tragic day. </span></div><div class="imgDescription" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: none !important;"><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_23.jpg">http://www.moscowcares.com/Photos/OIYS_Idaho_1976_Flood_060516_23.jpg</a></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; position: relative; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.5;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The photos are courtesy of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/waterarchives/" target="_blank" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">WaterArchives.org</a>.</span></p></div><div>---------------------------------<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya at the Wingding, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" </span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>