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Teton Dam Disaster

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Teton Dam Disaster

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June 5, 1976

The Teton Dam Failed
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7:30 AM~ A Dark Brown Streak

Bulldozer trying to fill it in
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9:30 AM~Mud starts flowing

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11:50 AM~ The Dam Fails

Breached~make a gap in and break through
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The Teton Dam is washing away

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The reservoir flows into the valley

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A working dam example

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The main reservoir...

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...emptied in 5 hours.

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8:00 PM

The reservoir is gone...
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Sugar City

gone
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Rexburg

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Wilford

gone
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Lives changed

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14 lives lost

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Why?

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Built on basalt rock...

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In an area of

earthquakes and volcanic history
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Equals Disaster

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQula-dZKk0

Suzanne