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The November 1977 Flood

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There were torrential rains the previous afternoon and...
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24 hours earlier, the lake had been completely drained. A...
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Workers had cut a small road into the lake so the crane...
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When the lake filled, the water poured out the side of...
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...out the side of the lake and down the main road.
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...down the main road, past the Hoffman cabin.
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...taking debris and the road with it.
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...a construction truck in its path.
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...from Hoffman cabin, past the dining hall, towards the...
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...across the main lawn and into the basement of the...
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...the totem pole and Hoffman cabin.
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The totem pole just barely survived.
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...maybe someone did try to canoe down the main road?
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...the water ran all day.
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...but had subsided by the next morning.
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...the Woodfin watershed reservoir concrete spillway was...
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...still cleaning ditches. Doug Schuch and Pete Landry in...
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Scuba divers were brought in to clear the drain pipe, so...
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...and the crane was hauled out and taken away.

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