Nashville Flood
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I'm about to reveal a nice bit of info to you guys, that i probably should not, but i will anyway.
I live in Nashville, Tennessee.
And, 2 days ago, Nashville, Tennessee looked like this.
Yes, since we have not gotten the National Publicity we need at this time, I feel obligated to share this news with you.
On Saturday, May the 1st, It started to rain. I was on a nice Boy Scout National Jamboree Training Camp-out (I had too take a gasp after typing that out), and at 6:00 in the morning, we were forced out of our tents to break camp, literally 30 minutes before the rains came.
And when it started raining, oh did it rain.
Non stop.
Pouring.
I took shelter in one of the two Dining Loges that were in this campsite, along with over 200 other scouts. It was packed, and it smelled. Bad.
I was stuck in that dining hall for 10 hours, with little to do.
Fortunately, they decided to end the Campout early, after they heard about the flooding beginning in Nashville.
My Dad, thank God, was able to come pick me up, and drive me back to Nashville.
Unfortunately, this was not the worst part of my weekend.
Sunday, was the worst. We just stayed indoors, riding out the storm, getting updates as they were posted.
My Dad has a house on a hill, so house damage was not existent, but my moms house......that's another story.
Monday, we awoke for the damage report.
5 feet of water, by the end of this flood, was sitting in my 10 foot high basement at my mom's house.
This was our storage area. A whole bunch of sentimental objects of mine and my family's was destroyed, or soaked beyond repair.
But it was not just where I lived, the flooding was everywhere. Downtown was flooded by the Cumberland river. Most people living by streams or creeks were flooded. Highway 100, a major road, was closed in several areas.
It was pretty bad.
West Nashville (for those of you who are familiar, the Bellview area) is all but non-existent at this point. Most of it is flooded. I know my friends house was totally flooded, and he had to evacuate.
After hearing the extent of the Damage, I felt very blessed that we had not totally wiped out.
We started to clean out the basement, by pumping water out. By the end of the day, we were able to salvage some stuff, but most was gone.
We left the stuff out overnight to dry. as a lot of it was still soaking wet.
On a brighter note, I've never seen our basement cleaner. 
Oh, and we here are out of school until further notice......Which is a good, and bad thing. We'll have to make it up later.
So, today, i spent sorting through old stuff. Oh, the Nostalgia.
Form me cleaning, and going out and duping stuff with my truck, its been a rough day.
But at least I got to end with an episode of LOST.
Guys, keep us in your thoughts and prayers over here. And if any of you BZPers are also in the Nashville area, and had Flood impact, feel free to post here, and know that you are in my thoughts and prayers as well.
Thanks guys.
-SK
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