Posted on 05/03/2010 6:23:06 PM PDT by Imgr8t
I can only hope that now Gov. Bredesen has asked Obama for help, we'll get some national recognition with what's going on here in the Music City.
http://www.tennessean.com/
We are under a flood warning here in Murfreesboro, and more than likely will be travelling to Bellvue to help friends with a flooded house.
This is a big deal here... they are sandbagging the last water treatment plant to keep it safe. The only entrance is via the railroad tracks. I can totally see how Davidson Metro could be without water soon.
Again, sorry for the vanity.
I have been watching and praying for you guys. Enough is enough, already! You all had 12 inches of rain in one day! Last I checked the storm has caused 15 deaths.
Living in hurricane ally, I understand how painful flooding is. Keep your chin up and work, work, work, until you get to the other side. Help each other. Pray! You will come through this.
As a Vanderbilt grad who doesn’t get back to Nashville as often as I’d like (I’m 425 miles east), my thoughts are with you. Though I’m a native of Charlotte, and a lifelong resident (college excepted) of the Charlotte area, Nashville remains a great favorite of mine, and I am grieved to see the problems there.
I would venture to guess that most people don’t think of Nashville as a river city; the Cumberland tends to look like an insignificant meandering stream on most maps. But it’s a real river, important commercially with substantial barge traffic and hydroelectric plants in addition to recreational uses. And dams and locks notwithstanding, we are periodically reminded that it’s not fully tamed.
Best wishes for a rapid rebound.
We are watching a 1:00 replay of Fox News 17 because they are flooded.
I think that's what was recorded at the airport. 19 to 20 inches were recorded elsewhere around town. There's so much damage...
I was finally able to get through to friends in Nashville today. One got flooded out of his house in Bellevue. Another friend got some incredible pictures of all the devastation...luckily her house is fine. I’m horrified by her pictures of Opryland hotel. She said the Grand Ol’ Opry is flooded too. I still haven’t been able to reach a friend of mine who lives in Belle Meade and I’m hoping that means she’s out of town. It’s sad to see a city I love go through this! I only get out there once a year but it’s like home to me. My thoughts and prayers are with all y’all down there.
So what I am watching right now is a replay from 1 pm? I suppose the river finally did go over the bank? Hope all are OK..
This came so quick that there was no chance for FEMA to pre-stage. Heck, many places were flooded 8 to 10 hours after the rain started,
I’m so sorry. You really feel like you are in an alternative universe in these times. The rest of the country has everything perfectly normal while you can’t even get the news!
Things will get back to normal faster than you think. There are plenty of Americans who know exactly what is happening to you even if they are not there.
These things remind us that it is always local first - that is all that matters because the rest of the country has no idea what you are dealing with and they don’t really care. It is like the North Easterners damning Arizona -a border state - for wanting to enforce legal immigration laws. You need the people around you; you need the leaders you elected to be with it and on top of the problems you are facing and get things in order w/o excuse and fast.
cumberland has crested at 51.1 feet, 12 feet over flood level. Channel 4 is live now.
no kidding..it’s a mess here and if you did not have flood insurance then you are screwed
and if not in a flood plain you couldn’t buy it
already been turned down by homeowners for my collapsed driveway
(which is nothing compared to what many have suffered)
I am with you in spirit. Cedar Rapids/Iowa City was totally flooded in to disaster zone two years ago. We did not get much help or attention because we did not riot, demand fedgov save us, sandbagged and helped each other and did the best we could to take care of our own. Probably similar to where you are. It is devestating, areas of cedar rapids are still uninhabitable, courthouse still not functional, hundreds of houses and businesses destroyed I am so sorry for what you are going through.
Something worthy of note is that while there are people in this area that turn to the government for everything (because that is all they've been taught), there are others that don't wait for the government to take care of them. Case in point: The majority of rescues from submerged areas have been performed by everyday citizens... They just put their boats in the water and went to work. They didn't ask for permission... They didn't wait to be told... They saw people that needed help and went to work. That is the way most people around here think. We've never depended on outside government agencies to come rescue us... If you look at the videos and pictures, and take into account the area involved, it isn't hard to see that this could have been another Katrina situation. (Not to mention the fact that there was no where near the amount of "warning time" or "get ready" time when compared to the Katrina disaster!) The difference is in our attitude. We tend to have a bit more of a "We have got to get this taken care of!" attitude instead of "They've got to get something done for us."
Yes, it is bad here. The distruction is terrible, especially in the Davidson and Williamson County areas... The more rural areas, like my home county of Maury, are heavily flooded, but the structures and people are less impacted due to the less dense population. I feel certain that we do not yet have a final death toll... But I am proud of how the majority of people have handled this disaster thus far. It could have been so much worse.
Pray for everyone impacted by these events...
Regards,
Raven6
Proud of you all and the “can do” attitude. Great Americans!
Did you film that? Well done.
Nice video collage. Yours?
Looks like it may have been done with one of the DSLR cameras with video capability.
No but I’m still disappointed at the coverage we are not getting.
http://www.section303.com/we-are-nashville-4366
People there should be getting their $2000.00 gift cards soon.....oh wait....never mind, Obozo is prez.
No, Obama listed just a few counties in the federal disaster area. Here in Rutherford, Wilson and other places, we’ll be left to deal with it.
It’s very widespread. I’m taking a load of stuff tomorrow to friends in Bellvue and just giving it to them. Hammers, saws, bottled water...
I guess the mantra is, “Oh, how did they vote? We’ll give them aid...” sucks.
The presidential POS has never been in Tennessee.
And, he ain’t welcome either.
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