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Nashville flood Photo series from Boston Globe May 5, 2010

Filed under: Nashville Flood 2010 — Vanessa @ 11:06 am

Get ready.

 

Nashville Flood 2010 May 5, 2010

Filed under: Nashville Flood 2010 — Vanessa @ 9:34 am

Image from News Channel 5/WTVF

I just can’t stop looking at the news.

There are thousands of images out there that are just unbelievable.

This was our exit on Saturday:

It’s overwhelming to see. Entire neighborhoods totally submerged, historic landmarks under water, portable buildings floating down the interstate…

Images from News Channel 5/WTVF

I can’t imagine the panic and sadness people must have felt abandoning their cars and homes. I keep getting stuck on the image of being trapped in the car with Baby Girl and trying to figure out what to do–and it didn’t even happen to me. The grand total of our damage is a few wet boxes, some splashy carpet, and the very minor inconvenience of trying to conserve as much water as possible. There’s a lot of devastation out there yet to be even uncovered in Nashville and most of the surrounding counties.

Once the water goes down, people are going to need more help in a major way. Let’s all step up and do our part.

 

 
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