North American Documentary & Storytelling - Genuine, gripping, warm
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Four volunteer firemen waited through the mud on the tiny campus of Toccoa Falls College, watching the water level and waiting. It was Saturday night November 5 1977, and Toccoa Creek had been rising since friday. The creek had overflowed its banks before, and the fireman expected more of the minor flooding they had seen last year, a little inconvenience, but nothing serious. High above them, The 40 year old Earthen Dam that held back the 40 acre Kelly Barnes Lake, swelling with the weekend rain strained against the weight of the water.