President Boyd K. Packer shared this insight: “When the Teton dam [built not far from Rexburg, Idaho,] collapsed and unleashed seventeen miles of backed-up water and accumulated debris upon the towns and farms beneath it, only eleven of nearly thirty-five thousand people in the path of the flood died. Why? Because they were warned; and more importantly, because they heeded the warning instantly … .
“We, too, have been warned. It seems almost against our natures to accept warning or guidance from others. There are, however, times when, regardless of how much we know, our very existence depends upon paying attention to those who guide us” (That All May Be Edified, 203).