Carolyn Wyngate, a young schoolteacher arrives in Chula Vista, Califronia in 1915. She's running from heartache in Chicago. Nate, a young orchardist, takes a fancy to her, but she's guarding her heart. A gigantic flood wipes out farms, roads, people. Nate is out in the storm somewhere; and Carrie realizes she loves him, but it might be too late to tell him.