Flooding in Tennessee

[Zanzier]

Don't know how many have kept up with the recent flooding in TN, but this is the first time I've witnessed it this close. Roads that were open and free of water only an hour before were up by two to three feet. All entrances to the subdivision are flooded <one is at the five foot mark>. No way in or out. Houses on the lower end of the subdivision have water almost at their door (level).

The houses on my block are lucky that we're on a slope, well above the water level. So we're thankful for that. Many are out seen walking the non-flooded streets to the flooded areas to see how bad it has gotten. And yes, we have the crazies in kyaks and other recreational floats, actually enjoying the water.....(lakefront property anyone? ;))

The news teams happen to be in another residential area that had moving currents and one nut-case 'surfing' the flood on his board.

In any case, schools closed, businesses closed, etc........and the perfect excuse to not be able to get to work.

All utilites still work, which still baffles me, but I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth.


Time to work on an alt or two..................................did I just say that?

[papalovebear]

Geez with all this oil in the gulf I know I had no idea.  Well good luck and stay dry.  It's surprising that you still have power.

[hiih]

I did see it on the news, but did not know exactly where it was, or where you were. As PLB said, stay safe and dry, and we'll all keep a good thought that the waters recede very soon.

[Kaelianna]

I saw the news about it and wondered....  glad you and yours are safe and dry.   

[Beorngar]

Glad that you are safe and dry Zanz. Trust me, dealing with flooding sucks, as we found out first hand after Katrina. Stay dry dude, maybe pull a wakeboard behind your car for kicks =).
We are unfortunately playing a very tiresome waiting game here on the gulf. I wish it would either get resovled or go ahead and do it's thing so we can all focus on getting it cleaned up. Unfortunately, it doesn't work quite that simply.

[Wolfin]

Glad to hear the house and all in it stayed dry. All the news was focused up in nashville where the house (yes I said house) floated out onto the interstate.

[Brio]

Memphis and Jackson were hit hard too.  I'm glad y'all are ok.  Call us if you need anything.

[Eganti]

stay safe and dry!... and powered....

[Zanzier]

The flooding problems ended for most near mid week. The ones in Davidson county (Nashville) and the surrounding low-lieing areas, got hit the hardest. About 25,000 have come forth for state and charity assistance. My subdivision has 3 entrance/exits. For about 30 hours, all three were submerged. We had already bought supplies for the week (not counting on the flood), so we were good to go. Never lost power/cable/water. We were the lucky ones cause about 500 feet away, parts of streets were flooded up to three feet........one area was about 5 feet underwater but there were no houses in that area and that street was mostly ultility/construction traffic.

Insurance companies started adding flood insurance to their bundles, even though speculators say that levels this high will not be seen in this area, again, in their lifetime (some going even so dar that this is a once in 500+ year occurrence). <Shrug>

Now the news is trying to warn people about buying used cars that might have had flood damage and not informed. Seems that scam is added to the insurance fraud that is bound to happen.
Many out of state contractors are flocking to middle Tennessee to rake in the profits although people are urging the state to hire locally, incorporate volunteers, use the state's unemployed as a temporary work force, and be on the lookout for illegals.