We have a major catastrophe happening in middle Tennessee.

The Cumberland river is still rising from two days of rain. Up to 20 inches have fallen in some places. There will probably be a few billion dollars of damage and many people have lost their homes. 8 people have lost their lives and major interstates are closed coming into and going out of Nashville. My work place has closed tomorrow because the river may flood it.

I realize there is an oil spill in the Gulf and a bomb in NY but we need you to keep us in your thoughts and even pray for those that have lost there homes and lives.



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We have loved ones in Murfreesboro, just south of Nashville.

the south. The rivers are cresting tonight and getting even higher tomorrow. We were just told to conserve water. Our pumping station is under water.

There has been a lot of rain through the middle of this country, lots of bad weather. It is a little scary...

It's a dreadful situation, and I hope it will soon resolve.

:hug:

My condolences for all who have been lost...

I certainly can empathize since I went through Katrina and know first hand the horrors you and your community are facing. Please stay strong and keep your neighbors close because together you will find strength and hopefully help from outside will be plentiful to overcome this.

be close to the same.

Thanks for your concern.

human suffering is bad and just as awful on any scale. Your community needs the best efforts and hopefully it will happen.

to be more of a curse than a blessing...to constantly be aware of so many horrors almost twenty four seven cannot be good for the humans simple minded population to remain mentally stable...it is no wonder I have no doubt that more than likely ninety percent of the human race is on or addicted to some form of medical prescription drugs....
..
It is so heartbreaking to constantly be aware of so many horrors occurring to other people world wide and being unable to help






It seems that almost every moment of every day there is someone somewhere having to face a tragedy that leaves one a victim of something that they simply do not have the ability to run away from and or survive..

What got me thinking along those longs was your words....'can't compare".....

Perhaps that is our problem today...comparing our tragedies far too often instead of realizing that in reality, there is no comparison, there should not be...all of it, what is going on with your area, the gulf, world wide, the human population, the environment, our un-human inhabitants...all of it all is tragic, and deservedly so...


My thoughts are with all those in such times as they are needed...I just honestly..I wish I could offer so much more..so many victims...such is life I guess..I just wish sometimes I was unaware that at every moment of every day someone, somewhere is not only needing my prayers but my time and aid as well and I wish I had more to give than just my thoughts and or prayers as the case may be...I am not even sure I believe in prayer though it was indoctrinated into me so early on....


the saddest realization of all is that in so many cases...a tragedy, a death, a horror never before experienced by some could have been avoided...I am not sure which is sadder, the horror that could have been foreseen and perhaps averted or the one no one could have ever predicted and therefore was forced to endure...

sorry, hang in there, rambling...it is all just so sad...

I read 20 inches in parts of Tenn. Amazing. Stay safe. The storm is heading our way, now. The mountains should weaken it some, but it is getting windy right now.

decades and not seen this happen.

I read some things, but didn't realize it was that significant. How are people coping?

there private homes to others. I know there is suffering all over the world but we have to deal with what we know is happening
closest to us.

What historical level this flood would compare to. I know I've been here 30 years and I've not seen anywhere NEAR the like.

I forget the figures on the flood in Brazil -- I think they got a month's worth of rain

in two days! Something like that.

had not been aware of this until some postings on DU.

Flooding is scary, and can happen a lot faster than people realize. Stay safe. And dry if you can.

Hope all is okay.

businesses that have been negatively impacted. Nashville is a great place to spend your vacation. It's not all just country music.

These super rain events are that result in CO2 driven warming earth.

Time to end the addiction

I'm also PERSONALLY convinced that the snow events of the previous winter are probably enviromentally and Co2 related too.

I was talking to my brother yesterday and neither one of us are ones to say "God's warning signs" about stuff, but this can make you wonder. Between the events in the Gulf, Nashville, and this past winter's problems maybe the Deity is saying "Enough is enough".

We are all losers when tragedies like this occur. :(

of different ways and places.

I live in Lexington, KY and we have had horrid rain for the last two days with localized flooding and we are still have nothing like what you have in TN. I believe some parts of Southern KY are being hit almost as bad as TN.

I watched video from TN on the Weather Channel today and it appears that your local fire/rescues teams in the various communities were doing a great job but I imagine they are overwhelmed.

Good luck to you and your neighbors.

...and haven't heard a word from them.

The images on TV are heartbreaking. Sending my best wishes to all involved.
:grouphug:

belonged to a friend of mine. Simply devastating.

Prayers are with you, your friend and his/her family. :grouphug:

All those beautiful houses/subdivisions are now islands, it is very devastating. :(

CH.? the flood had pushed all these cars into a huge mountain. amazing. it will take a large, industrial crane to begin to un mountain the cars. these were not junk yard cars.

this flooding is a huge disaster. the cost will be out of sight.

and the toxic pollution horrendous.

the only media giving it much time is the weather station.

the other media gave the car bomb that didn't go off constant time. but not much about the awful, flooding.

what media covers is upside down and sideways. disgusting.

props to the weather station.

I've been through floods, but not like this one.

I have a friend who was nearly stranded in Nashville yesterday, trying to drive through toward Memphis. He ended up taking a highway going north. His ultimate goal is further west, so he had to reroute into St. Louis before calling it a night and traveling on through today.

He said it was the worst flooding he's ever seen.

...despite the MSM.

:grouphug: :hi:

hoping for the best for all in Nashville. We don't have to worry about flooding up here on the plateau, but the tornadoes sure like us!

We were lucky to only have small water (not river) flooding in the basement.

However, been trying to get in touch with other relatives in one of the hardest hit areas in Davidson County. They are fine and have no water in their condo, but the power and phone lines are out. It may be a couple or three days before they get full service restored, but the waters along the Harpeth River are now receding.

Heard from a beautician who also lives in that area saying that her street was flooded and had to evacuate her home, go to the Opryland hotel, evacuated again and is now staying at her daughter's house.


My fam and I used to live in that neighborhood before we moved to a high ground location. Had we still lived there, we might have lost everything.

It is a very sad situation (many residents do not have flood insurance).


Thanks for the replies. Prayers to you and all that are/were affected. :groughug:

They tried to destroy one on top gear by leaving it in the ocean.... didn't work :P

obviously the rain is the problem but were some dams breached or something like that?
Best wishes for all to stay safe.

Does some form of flooding happen each spring and this one's an extreme event? I'm wondering why it happened. :(

My thoughts are with TN .... :hug:

I saw some footage on CNN the yesterday--it looked crazy.

:crazy:

To the OP, STAY SAFE and on HIGH GROUND.

Oh and remember to boil your water.

:(

URGENT- Morehead, KY animal shelter flooded- In need of donations/rescues/fosters/adoptions.
Please cross post and help if you can ...

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I heard the Grand Old Opry had flooded--breaks my heart.

Stay safe, LH. :hug:

my stomach has been in knots for days. I remember watching the flooding around Fargo and thinking "jeeze that's devastating and will take a while to clean up' and feeling really bad for the people there.

This is horrible. :-(

with you and all those in the path of this terrible flood. :hug:

:grouphug: :hi:

Everyone in the family is safe and sound, although my mom lost a former co-worker with her husband in the floods. :(

Life is good right now. Thank goodness.

What is Obama doing about it? Has he flown down there yet? Have we deployed the military to help with the rescure/relief efforts? Where is he anyway, on the golf course?

/s

...at his press conference was the administrator for FEMA, Craig Fugate. They seem to be getting on top of this. With the UnGodly disaster that's getting ready to hit the gulf states - the oil spill - I'm sure Obama will be able to touch down in all the states. With respect to natural and man-made disasters, Obama is going to have his plate full.

I used to live in Bellevue, and know people that have suffered losses.