Monsoon update
Posted By Elaine on May 3, 2010
Most of you have heard about the recent storms in the South East. Nashville was hit pretty bad with 15 inches of rain in 2 days. West of Nashville was hit with over 20 inches. The Cumberland River flows right through Nashville and is at 52+ feet as I write this. To put that into perspective, before the rain came on Saturday it was at 22 feet. At 52 feet the river has flooded the Opryland Mall and Hotel as well as the Grand Old Opry. LP Field, home of the Titans football team, is a swimming pool and the flood waters have reached 4th Ave. So the Arena, which hosts the Predators hockey team is also taking on water.
Not only is this an emergency and expense for business and government but there are countless people who have lost everything or have major damage. Hundreds of homeowners whose homes are full of water, yet they had no flood insurance because they were not on a flood plain and insurance was not available.
And the cars! Hundreds and hundreds of cars that are useless; full of sewage and polluted water. Nothing has ever happened in this area to this extent and probably never will again, Lord willing.
We are fine. I am grateful to my neighbor for putting up the stripping in the barn and the gutter on the high side of the barn, just a day before this storm hit. As it was, I had a river of water flowing downhill through the goat shed and the chicken coop. The chicks stayed high and dry and fortunately the goat stall in the barn was complete, minus a gate. I was able to block the opening with fencing and wood temporarily so that the big girls had a dry place to sleep. I also did quite a bit of trenching outside the goat shed to divert water. I could not believe how much water was coming down!
We count ourselves lucky and blessed that our home’s location on a hill prevented us from damage and we pray for all those who are suffering right now.
Y’all come back now!
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Elaine – thanks for the update, was wondering how you guys were doing with all of that rain. Take care.
Very informative Elaine. Thank you.