Thanks for the update.
No apologies, we FReepers need to know how our FRiends are doing. There is not nearly enough coverage in the media about this.
Is FEMA there? Where’s Obozo? Nothing....
I’ve been thru a flood as a first reponder/FF. Take care and be careful.
Prayers for you and all who are going through this right now.
Prayers for you. I have family in Hendersonville. They say they’ve never seen anything like this and they’ve been there over 30 years. Maybe this is Obama’s Katrina.
Someone I know was rescued when her neighbor came to her house by small boat. She and her six cats were upstairs, her furniture and refrigerator were “floating around” downstairs and the water level was rising. Her car had floated away to parts unknown.
They all got out of the house and into the boat from an second story window.
The flood-faring neighbor said he checked on her because she had adopted one of his cats and he wanted to see that “Smudge” was okay. (He was.)
This was in the Belleview area of Nashville.
I agree. And, while the pressure is normal and it's probably my imagination, I think it smells a bit funny. We're filtering as usual and stocking up on the bottled stuff.
Should this be in News/Activism?
We need to know about the flooding. Certainly aren’t being informed by the MSM. Would have thought Obama could have spoken about this calamity.
Prayers for all in the flood zone.
Thanks for the update! How are the suburbs south of the city?
We went through this same thing after 24” of rain in 48 hours last Sept. here in Austell, ga. Prayers for y’all.
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.
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.
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)
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
People there should be getting their $2000.00 gift cards soon.....oh wait....never mind, Obozo is prez.
I volunteer with the Red Cross, so have been running my hind end off since Saturday. I have set up one shelter, arranged ham radio communication between the headquarters and 3 shelters without power or phone, closed another shelter and done damage assessment.... all since 1pm Saturday. Tomorrow early I have a radio interview.
The damage to the infrastructure here is catastrophic. It will take many many months to recover from this. Opryland hotel has announced it will take three to six months to reopen. Many buildings downtown are damaged... including the new symphony center, which had several Steinway pianos and their 3.5 million dollar, hand made, wooden pipe organ wrecked, the Ryman Auditorium is damaged, the stadium and arena had water in them, the Grand Ole Opry is wrecked. One cartage place is on the river and I know several musicians have lost all their touring instruments.
I even had a farmer tell me today he almost didn't get his machines out of harms way in time. I saw a parking lot full of big rig trucks, all of them under water..... all of them fully loaded with freight.
Jobs are gone while businesses re-assess. Some may never come back. Thousands and thousands of homes are totalled.... tens of thousands damaged.
What can you do to help? Send money to whatever charity you like. Volunteer to help with some organization. You don't have to spend much time. A few hours answering the phones would help. Cook someone a meal. Watch someone’s kids for a little while so mom and dad can clean. Read the kids a story.
Most importantly, give someone who is grieving a hug. It works wonders.