This clip includes the evacuation, when Paula Webb and her roommates found out they needed to evacuate.
TRANSCRIPT: “Everyone must evacuate immediately!” “Evacuate! Evacuate!” A policeman stood at the bottom of the stairs of our apartment complex shouting orders through his megaphone,
It was true. The flood waters of the collapsed Teton Dam were coming and the direction was clear. It was heading straight for Rexburg and surrounding communities in Madison County. My bird’s eye view of the valley above Rick’s college campus left me with no doubts. Only the tops of trees could be seen, the water swirling around them and enveloping everything in its path.
My roommates and I were now gathered in the kitchen looking around our apartment for a last minute check. What should we take? What should we leave? And how long would we be gone?
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