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Opryland Hotel flooding (May 3, 2010)
Opryland Hotel flooding (May 3, 2010)
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Thinking of all those dealing with the latest weather havoc.
Thinking of all those dealing with the latest weather havoc.
... no longer a stranger to paradise
I stayed at this hotel last year for a business conference, and we're having another conference there in January. I forwarded some of the videos to the people involved with the conference. Just amazing how much flooding they had. Mother Nature can't be stopped. Awful for all the people affected by it.
KC's house flooded also.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-mu ... id=thbz_hm
Kenny Chesney's Nashville home is flooded
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer Kenny Chesney is one of thousands in Nashville sifting through waterlogged memories after floodwaters consumed his home this week.
His publicist, Holly Gleason, says it's likely his house will be condemned after water rose past the first floor.
Chesney's gym is ruined. He also lost all of his sports memorabilia, including items from when he was in high school as well as professional sports items and pictures with friends who are athletes.
Chesney was in another state working on a project when the flooding happened over the weekend. Cleanup is under way and people are working to assess the damage.
http://www.accessatlanta.com/atlanta-mu ... id=thbz_hm
Kenny Chesney's Nashville home is flooded
The Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music singer Kenny Chesney is one of thousands in Nashville sifting through waterlogged memories after floodwaters consumed his home this week.
His publicist, Holly Gleason, says it's likely his house will be condemned after water rose past the first floor.
Chesney's gym is ruined. He also lost all of his sports memorabilia, including items from when he was in high school as well as professional sports items and pictures with friends who are athletes.
Chesney was in another state working on a project when the flooding happened over the weekend. Cleanup is under way and people are working to assess the damage.
It is so bad you can't even imagine 
. And everything stored at Ben Jumper's place (that belongs to most everybody in the business) is ruined 
. Don't get me wrong it can be replaced, but sometimes you get a guitar sounding just right and now it's gone.
I think I'm just gonna go to Jost and worry about it later.
Nashville needs ya'll!!!
Bandit
. And everything stored at Ben Jumper's place (that belongs to most everybody in the business) is ruined . Don't get me wrong it can be replaced, but sometimes you get a guitar sounding just right and now it's gone.I think I'm just gonna go to Jost and worry about it later.
Nashville needs ya'll!!!
Bandit
Watching that video brings back such aweful memories. My heart goes out to all of the people in Nashville affected by that terrible flood. New Orleans knows all about those 100 year floods/storms.
I can't say that I lost my own house in Katrina, but my Mom's single story home had water up to the ceiling and I can relate to the felling of lose. Your heart just sinks when you push your way through the door that is blocked by things that floated up against it that is if you can even get it open. When you see kitchen cabinets that once hung on the wall that are on the floor and furniture in rooms that it doesn't belong in because it floated away.
It's not the materialistic things that upset you as much as it is the high school yearbooks, pictures, even family recipes that you had that can not be replaced that are destroyed if you can even find them at all.
I can't say that I lost my own house in Katrina, but my Mom's single story home had water up to the ceiling and I can relate to the felling of lose. Your heart just sinks when you push your way through the door that is blocked by things that floated up against it that is if you can even get it open. When you see kitchen cabinets that once hung on the wall that are on the floor and furniture in rooms that it doesn't belong in because it floated away.
It's not the materialistic things that upset you as much as it is the high school yearbooks, pictures, even family recipes that you had that can not be replaced that are destroyed if you can even find them at all.
I am sure many here have donated, and most everyone has heard by now where they can contribute if they're able, but in case you haven't (I met two people yesterday that hadn't even seen photos of the flooding yet, if you can imagine) I thought I'd post some options here:
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
http://www.cfmt.org/index.php
Nashville Red Cross
http://www.nashvilleredcross.org
And this post contains an on-going list covering how you can help no matter what you may have to give:
http://nashvillest.com/2010/05/03/so-na ... an-i-help/
(To my knowledge, it is still updated and accurate.)
Some friends of mine have a pretty big storage facility near the downtown area that is completely flooded. There are millions of dollars in damage/losses. And that is all stuff that can be replaced. People lost a lot more than that, obviously.
For many, a week and a half later, the difficult part is just beginning.
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
http://www.cfmt.org/index.php
Nashville Red Cross
http://www.nashvilleredcross.org
And this post contains an on-going list covering how you can help no matter what you may have to give:
http://nashvillest.com/2010/05/03/so-na ... an-i-help/
(To my knowledge, it is still updated and accurate.)
Some friends of mine have a pretty big storage facility near the downtown area that is completely flooded. There are millions of dollars in damage/losses. And that is all stuff that can be replaced. People lost a lot more than that, obviously.
For many, a week and a half later, the difficult part is just beginning.