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caduceus111

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2. My dad was manning the parking lot at the Berkely Pit in Butte that night.

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Sat Aug 17, 2019, 09:49 AM

Aug 2019

He said his first indication of the earthquake was all the keys jingling on the wall.

He looked out at the parking lot and it was like waves on the ocean. Cars going up and down.

I've been to the Quake Lake visitors center many times, and camped along the waters. It's fascinating what happened there, but terrible for the people that were shoreline on Hebgen Dam and the river that night.

Thank you for the beautiful memorial post.

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The night the world shook: Remembering the 1959 Hebgen Lake Earthquake [View all] Ptah Aug 2019 OP

It's quite a story... 2naSalit Aug 2019 #1

Thank you for the post on the Quake in Yellowstone...very informative. I recall when I ... SWBTATTReg Aug 2019 #3

There are still a few remnants left of 2naSalit Aug 2019 #6

I'm glad to read of your experiences. Ptah Aug 2019 #7

Thanks for posting about it. 2naSalit Aug 2019 #8

My dad was manning the parking lot at the Berkely Pit in Butte that night. caduceus111 Aug 2019 #2

I've lived in MT most of my life MontanaMama Aug 2019 #4

I was eight years old and lived about 200 miles away. Ptah Aug 2019 #5

My husband is 58 MontanaMama Aug 2019 #9