Nashlantis

Yes, some are making light of a dark situation and calling my current hometown of Nashville, "Nashlantis."  Being one who enjoys a little levity in such a situation I have chosen to do the same in this blog post.

WARNING:  Links below are very sad.  View at your own discretion.

It is catastrophic.  Entire neighborhoods flooded... all you could see were roofs.  People took boats down roads I have frequented to rescue tourists who were stranded on the second and higher stories of a hotel.  Business were destroyed.  Cars, flooded.  Catastrophic about sums it up.

I am sad for Nashville.  My family and I came out unscathed, save the loss of two of our favorite hang-out spots - The Opryland Hotel and neighboring Opry Mills Mall (where, apparently, two piranha escaped from their aquariums at The Aquarium Restaurant and are now swimming around the mall!), but it is still sad.  We are very sad to have lost these places and more, but many people lost homes, cars, livelihoods, loved ones and lives.  Entire neighborhoods have been washed away.  A couple of houses with flooded first floors caught fire and burned from the roof to the flood... no one could get to these homes in order to put the fire out.

Now, residents of Davidson county are being asked to conserve water.  A few of us are taking this seriously - following the "If it's yellow, let it mellow.  If it's brown, flush it down" rule, not showering and not washing dishes.  A few of us aren't taking it so seriously, such as a nearby golf course that had it's sprinklers going yesterday (yes, after torrential rain and severe flooding... sprinklers).  The problem is that one of our two water stations has been submerged.  The other could handle 90% of our typical need, but we have to keep enough water pressure within the system to keep it from being flooded and contaminated.  I'm so glad I'm still a part time cloth diaperer!  I wouldn't be able to wash diapers so I'm glad that I have disposables handy!

Please be aware of the disaster that has struck here.  If you have the desire to help the residents of our city out, you may contact The Red Cross or Hands On Nashville.