Idaho had its Great Fire of 1910 that killed 87 people and its Teton Dam collapse of 1976 that washed away 11 lives, but what was the greatest weather-related disaster in the state’s 120-year history? It wasn’t — as your grandparents may have told you — the Great Winter of 1949-50, which essentially shut down southern Idaho’s transportation for six weeks and its economy for a month. Yet there were fewer than a dozen casualties from the Mother of All Snow Storms. It was an avalanche near Hailey in Feb. 25, 1917, that set the standard/Steve Crump, Twin Falls Times-News. More here.

Question: Have you ever been involved in a weather disaster?