Read more Buford Dam stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19498/buford-dam.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 06:27:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14860/old-town-resurfaces-as-drought-dries-ga-lake.htmlDustin Lushing<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=57701&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401024125' border='0' />The brutal drought hitting Georgia is drying up an artificial lake and exposing the long-dead town that lies beneath—along with mountains of trash. "It's horrendous, it's unbelievable," said one local resident. Lake Lanier's receding shores have exposed debris of all shapes and sizes, including an old dirt racing track,...A portion of the grandstands of Gaineville Speedway, once submerged under Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Ga., remains near the shoreline Monday, Dec. 17, 2007. As a record drought continues to take it's toll on the 38,000-acre man-made reservoir that supplies more than three million residents with water in metro Atlanta and north Georgia, the receding shoreline is revealing more than antique beer cans and other assorted garbage. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)http://www.newser.com/story/14860/old-town-resurfaces-as-drought-dries-ga-lake.htmlMon, 24 Dec 2007 22:03:18 CST