Record Flood in Nashville - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

DaveOrion · 05-01-2010, 02:21 PM

I'm trippin (not in a good way) on all this rain, I've lived in Middle TN for 20 years & have never seen anything like it. Unconfirmed reports say 14" have fallen since last night. Its to late to build an ark, wish me luck.

YouTube - Flooding In Nashville,TN

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YouTube - Nashville Flooding 5/1/10

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YouTube - Flood in Nashville!

Wes Mantooth · 05-01-2010, 11:29 PM

Amazing isn't it? That footage of the house being washed down I-24 just about summed up the days events for me.

Thankfully I've been just due south of the majority of the storms, so not too much action here today...but sweet fuck I haven't seen rain like this since...well ever. At least we haven't had a slew of tornadoes ripping through the area on top of it.

EDIT: Found it, hopefully this link works, if not just google "Tennessee Flooding" and you should see a hit for CNN with the video of the house on I-24

At least 5 dead in Tennessee flooding; tornado warnings in Arkansas - CNN.com

DaveOrion · 05-02-2010, 02:51 AM

Saw that building going down I-24 on the news, and its still raining. I dont know what I'll find when morning gets here..........

YouTube - Building floats down I-24; Antioch (Nashville), TN

YouTube - May 1st 2010 - Nashville Flood

MexicanOnABike · 05-02-2010, 06:02 AM

any updates? as it stopped raining yet?

DaveOrion · 05-02-2010, 07:02 AM

Nope, Mo rain coming, "It's only going to get worse; we may get as much as 4 to 5 inches more
over the next 36 hours,"

Tennessee hit by flooding; 5 dead - UPI.com

YouTube - nashville tennessee neighborhood flood part 2

YouTube - Nashville Flood May 1, 2010

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Youtube is always good for a laugh, even in a flood. Love the title.

nashville tennessee flood is a curse yaw are pagan

YouTube - nashville tennessee flood is a curse yaw are pagan

frogdogg68 — May 01, 2010 — more destruction is comming to nashville mark my word

PhazzerPhire Ok smartass you call us pagans? Can't spell ya'll? Dude you need to seek help before someone kicks your ass how dare you!?!

frogdogg68 (uploader) @PhazzerPhire FUCK U PAGAN AND U COME KICK MY ASS

frogdogg68 (uploader) @sgtbyersfw like the sign says YAW ARE PAGAN .LOOK AT THE SUNDAY WORSHIP UP HERE ANDITS PAGAN NASHVILLE WILL FALL AGAIN

emanxavier @PhazzerPhire
Time to pay for the sins of your fathers !

kierandill Hey, Christmas and other holidays have pagan roots, so sign me up!

MsJoy4ever @frogdogg68
Why are you cursing at people, are you supposed to be a man of the Most High ??
You should not use that language !!!

sgtbyersfw I'm pretty sure they spell the slang word "yaw" y'all you uneducated dip sh*t. How are you familiar with everyone in Nashville's religious preference anyway?

DaveOrion · 05-02-2010, 10:46 AM

I saw on the news that the NES substation in Nashville was burning and heard the New Johnsonville power plant was burning, cant confirm that one though.

I dont know what ever happened to this guy, there have been water rescues all over Middle TN.

YouTube - Man holding on to stop sign in a flood @ bottom of my street

Wes Mantooth · 05-02-2010, 11:48 AM

That substation fire is something else...jeez heck can anything else be piled up on us while this crap storm blows through?

Looking at the radar it seems the worst of the storms are just about past us here in middle Tennessee, but rain is still falling and the floods will probably get worse before they get better. On the plus side it appears the front should be lifting out of our area by around 8 or 9 tonight, so I would think if the rain goes with it the floods should start draining out by tomorrow.

I thought the storms that rolled through last weekend were going to be the "historic" storm system this spring but this weekend takes the cake hands down...wow.

DaveOrion · 05-02-2010, 03:50 PM

The water is finally going down, only took one decent shot where the road washed out, I was driving at the time. Yesterday the water was all the way up to the top of the white underpinning on that mobile home & all the way across the road.

DaveOrion · 05-03-2010, 06:19 AM

I ventured out but didnt get far, roads are closed everywhere. My daughter is still stuck In Nashville, she's staying with friends, cant get home. What a mess.

Major road closings in Midstate

Nashville starts flood recovery

Flash floods hit Tennessee and Mississippi

Tenn. officials brace for more flooding, deaths

DaveOrion · 05-03-2010, 01:24 PM

Surprisingly, theres still a major flood here.

YouTube - Nashville Flood of 2010 Video #10

YouTube - Nashville Flood 2010 (flooding in Murfreesboro, TN)

Wes Mantooth · 05-03-2010, 01:50 PM

I camped out in Nashville with some friends last night and got these shots from the pedestrian bridge around noon...I'm speechless.

1st and 2nd ave are underwater, I think it could have been much worse but still the damage is pretty extensive.

DaveOrion · 05-03-2010, 01:53 PM

Yep, saw it all on the news, downtown is fucked up. Its flooded all over Middle TN........

Wes Mantooth · 05-03-2010, 02:00 PM

Amazing isn't it?

I notice you wrote that your daughter is stuck in Nashville, depending on where she needs to go I was able to get out on 65 south. Not sure about the rest of the highways out in other directions, 40 is pretty bad going west (or it was earlier) but I think 24 is open now too at least heading south.

Wow just watching LP field on the news it looks like a swimming pool!

DaveOrion · 05-03-2010, 02:09 PM

This is really something, my daughter did finally get home a few minutes ago, I-40 finally opened up so thats good. She saw all kinds of screwed up stuff, I mean like bridges on the verge of collapse & washed up piles of cars. Just check youtube, its pretty bad.

Wes Mantooth · 05-03-2010, 02:35 PM

Glad to hear it Dave, nobody needs to get stuck in this stuff.

I've been traveling around Murfreesboro for most of the afternoon, the damage isn't as bad here just lots of roads still underwater and closed off and some neighborhoods...not really underwater but flooded.

Its been quite a storm, we'll be telling our grand kids about this one I'm sure.

DaveOrion · 05-03-2010, 05:43 PM

Thanks for your concern, I appreciate that. Good Luck on that end.

I have lots of news footage on the DVR, think I'll burn it onto a disc or 3 for posterity's sake. I thought this was probably a 100 year rain event but after reading this I'm not sure.

100-year flood

Salem · 05-03-2010, 07:16 PM

W-O-W. That's insane, absolutly crazy, crazy intense. A few years ago it flooeded near my hometown and was pretty bad but not that bad. Those cards are pretty much underwater, that's way too intese.

Seriously, that's a lot of water. No kidding everything is fucked. So many buildings are gonna be ruined. You'll be dealing with this flood's aftermath for years. I agree, it's a good thing you live on a hill.

Wes Mantooth · 05-03-2010, 08:32 PM

It has been a pretty intense weekend. What struck me was how much of Middle Tennessee was/is flooded, not just along rivers and creeks but some places flooded out on nothing more then the volume of rain! The area of damage is extensive, stretching across middle and western Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi (torn up last weekend by tornadoes), Alabama and Arkansas which was also carved up pretty bad with some devastating tornadoes during the rain. It got a little scary at times, the bright sun, clear skies and 86 degree temps are a welcome change of pace today.

It really could have been worse here. We saw a lot of rotation over Tennessee but I don't think any tornadoes actually touched down or were strong enough to produce any damage. I can only imagine the devastation had a few killer tornadoes ripped through the area on top of all the rain and flooding.

Mother Nature, while a raging whore sometimes, is quite a spectacular thing to behold.

DaveOrion · 05-04-2010, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth

Mother Nature, while a raging whore sometimes, is quite a spectacular thing to behold.

Well said Wes, I'll just say WSW from now on........

TWIMC or if anybody cares.

Nashville flooding: How to donate to Tennessee flood victims

Dont ask me why this is under health & beauty news cause I dunno.

Wes Mantooth · 05-04-2010, 11:16 AM

Thanks for posting that link, Dave. I'm feeling pretty lucky right now, I'm dry and safe as are all my friends and loved ones...as well as my home and all my stuff. Now that things have calmed down a bit I'd like to do what I can to help out those who weren't so lucky, I just wasn't sure how to go about doing it or who to give money too.

I kind of wish I could get out there, roll up my sleeves and help out physically but it sounds like nobody is taking on volunteers for clean up. I wonder if any other agencies out there perhaps are. I'll have to keep my eyes open.

DaveOrion · 05-04-2010, 02:23 PM

WSW, I'm lucky too, no doubt about it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wes Mantooth

I kind of wish I could get out there, roll up my sleeves and help out physically but it sounds like nobody is taking on volunteers for clean up. I wonder if any other agencies out there perhaps are. I'll have to keep my eyes open.

Dont worry FEMA will show up soon..................

Wes Mantooth · 05-04-2010, 10:46 PM

LOL, Dave. I'm sure they're watching CNN for the latest updates like they did after Katrina, Wolf Blitzer will tell 'em when to move in!

Jesus Christ if there was ever a poster boy for govt waist and incompetency its FEMA.

DaveOrion · 05-06-2010, 01:30 PM

More TN counties added to disaster zone

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Eleven more counties, most of them in West Tennessee, have been declared disaster areas by the federal government, bringing the Tennessee disaster zone up to 21 counties. Carroll, Crockett, Decatur, Fayette, Gibson, Hardeman, Haywood, Henderson, Houston, Madison and Obion counties have been added to the disaster zone, Gov. Phil Bredesen said in a statement Thursday. Another 10 counties — Davidson, Williamson, Cheatham, Montgomery, Dyer, Hickman, McNairy, Perry, Shelby and Tipton — had already been declared disaster areas. Bredesen’s office has asked the federal government to declare 52 of Tennessee’s 95 counties disaster zones.

Jetée · 05-06-2010, 05:53 PM

Just came across this article: Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood - Newsweek.com

Jetée · 05-07-2010, 11:32 AM

also was perusing flickr and found this little comparison of Downtown Nashville, during the day, and at night:

by Rachael Moore

Floodwater from the Cumberland River creeps into downtown Nashville, Tennessee.
-- courtesy of The Big Picture - Boston

DaveOrion · 05-07-2010, 06:13 PM

Nice article Jet, I especially like this.

Quote:

As you may have heard, torrential downpours in the southeast flooded the Tennessee capital of Nashville over the weekend, lifting the Cumberland River 13 feet above flood stage, causing an estimated $1 billion in damage, and killing more than 30 people. It could wind up being one of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history.

But it gets better, the times square bomb didnt even go off & while the spill in the gulf may be an ecological disaster, its not affecting the heartland of America. Thats OK, we dont need FEMA or anyone else to help or even give a shit, we're not called the volunteer state for nuttin. We will survive.

ShaniFaye · 05-08-2010, 09:07 AM

After going thru that down here in September with 19 inches of rain, I feel for you I really really really do

DaveOrion · 05-08-2010, 10:28 AM

Thanks SF, I really do appreciate the sentiment, I really really do. Thanks also to, Wes MOAB, Salem, and Jet.

DaveOrion · 05-10-2010, 03:21 AM

10-Year-Old Girl Sucked Into Drain Pipe Survives

Nashville, TENN. - Little Delaney Carrington should be a celebrity of sorts when she returns to school on Monday. The 4th grade honor roll student at Percy Priest Elementary has quite a story to tell about this week's record flooding.

"This part of the tire swing was underwater," Delaney told NewsChannel 5 Sunday afternoon, while leisurely dangling from the giant tree in her parents' frontyard in Forest Hills. "I've never witnessed a flood or anything like this."

Delaney's father, Shaun Carrington, an internet publisher in Nashville, and owner of two businesses, videotaped the events last Saturday, May 1, the day his daughter and a friend were swept away by a flooded ditch only a few doors down the road. Delaney was sucked into an 18-inch drainage pipe, completely submerged by floodwaters, and spit out the other side.

"(It) looked like she was asleep," Shaun said, recalling his daughter's physical state when he retrieved her from the fast flowing water. "She wasn't breathing, her lips were blue. She opened her eyes up at that point, and she just started breathing on her own."

Shaun is convinced his little girl blacked out during her quick, but frightening, underwater ride through all 36 feet of the pipe, end to end.

"I remember, uhm.. like brown, dirty water rushing to my face," said Delaney. "Because I can only remember being in the pipe, and then I can't remember going through the pipe."

Delaney's best friend and playmate that day, Marie, is getting credit for calling Shaun's attention to his daughter, who was immersed and out of sight.

"(Marie) was stuck," Shaun said, recounting his heroic rescue of Marie first. "And so, I really had to pull hard. She popped out, and I set her up on the bank and said, 'Where's Delaney?' And she said, 'She's down there!'"

The family is amazed that Delaney passed through with apparent ease, and never became snagged or hungup on the obvious bend in the pipe; nor was she ever tangled in flood debris.

"I just looked at her, I'm just glad to see her," Shaun said Sunday, admitting he sees his eldest daughter differently now.

There is no better way for a family to celebrate Mother's Day, than with a 10-year-old girl's second shot at life.

Nashville Flood Story

The_Jazz · 05-10-2010, 11:08 AM

Huh, I don't know how I feel about being quoted out of context like this. Mainly since it effects my home state and some of my friends. For the record, I've already done some things for the relief effort that my wife's a little mad at me over.

This isn't really in the right place to stimulate a discussion. "Found on the Net" threads rarely generate more than a couple/three responses. If you want to have a discussion about it, you should probably either ask for this to be moved to a better forum or start a new thread. It certainly should have a better title since I assumed it was a rehash of the Atlanta flood when I originally saw it. Or you could just continue to nail yourself to that cross. Let me know if you need help.

DaveOrion · 05-10-2010, 11:18 AM

I've been nailed to several crosses so one more wont make a big dif. If you'd like to change the title to, "Record TN Flood 5/1/2010" or whatever you find appropriate thats cool with me.

Wes Mantooth · 05-10-2010, 11:33 AM

The question of why the media dropped the ball on this one would actually make for a good thread (great article by the way Jetée) not so much to discuss missing the flood but why can't the msm actually cover more then 1 or 2 stories at at time? I was going to start a thread about it until I got called out of town this weekend, stupid work.

Anyway I actually just wanted to post up this picture I found last week (can't remember where I got it now), after all the ugly images we've been witnessing I thought it was rather beautiful and peaceful.

The_Jazz · 05-10-2010, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DaveOrion

I've been nailed to several crosses so one more wont make a big dif. If you'd like to change the title to, "Record TN Flood 5/1/2010" or whatever you find appropriate thats cool with me.

I changed the title and also moved it to General Discussion so that it gets more exposure.

Still don't know how I feel about that quote, even after thinking about it for a while.

I think that overflow flood pictures always look so beautiful because the water is murky and tranquil. You know there's more hiding just beneath the surface, but it's unreachable until the waters receed.

Jetée · 05-10-2010, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The_Jazz

I changed the title and also moved it to General Discussion so that it gets more exposure.

Still don't know how I feel about that quote, even after thinking about it for a while.

I think that overflow flood pictures always look so beautiful because the water is murky and tranquil. You know there's more hiding just beneath the surface, but it's unreachable until the waters receed.

I liked your out-of-context quote: it showed a certain creative inventiveness to take an off-the-cuff remark about niche audience and relations, uttered by yourself, and apply it another situation in which the audience (America at large) barely even took notice. And since you were not involved in the participation here until as of late, I found it all the funnier (until you actually did pop in).
Maybe there's something wrong with my funny bone; it's too dry.

post-script:
I also was thinking about taking a message about whether or not this topic was in the right place, because while "irrelevant" news does go into Found on The Net most often, since this flood actually affected some of our community, then I thought it might be more appropriate in a venue such as 'Tilted Life' (not sure what I have against GD all of these years; it still seems so vague).

DaveOrion · 05-10-2010, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetée

I liked your out-of-context quote: it showed a certain creative inventiveness to take an off-the-cuff remark about niche audience and relations, uttered by yourself, and apply it another situation in which the audience (America at large) barely even took notice. And since you were not involved in the participation here until as of late, I found it all the funnier (until you actually did pop in).

Thanks, I tried to maintain the original intent although it was obviously taken out of context. Anyone who'd read this thread could see it didnt originate from here, it was meant to show the truth of the situation. Outta sight, outta mind. If this story gets 15 seconds on the World News then nobody knows whats happening (they are covering it now) nobody really can give a shit.

Offensive quote has been removed, Nevermind.

ItWasMe · 05-10-2010, 02:26 PM

My heart goes out to you. Scary stuff. We went through this in 1996, and nearby area went through it (again) 3 years ago. Some friends/family lost everything. We were lucky and only lost a small boat (damn thing floated off and then sank).

You can hold our hands til it's over.

warrrreagl · 05-10-2010, 05:35 PM

Can I be saddened and proud and the same time? Because I am.

YouTube- Nashville Tennessee Flood 2010

DaveOrion · 05-11-2010, 07:32 PM

My daughter called the White Hose a few days ago, tried to talk to Obama but that was a no go. She collected about 20,000 signatures on facebook & wanted to relay the situation regarding our displeasure towards his lack of communication skills. Oddly he has not been seen recently either................

05-01-2010, 11:29 PM	#2 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Amazing isn't it? That footage of the house being washed down I-24 just about summed up the days events for me. Thankfully I've been just due south of the majority of the storms, so not too much action here today...but sweet fuck I haven't seen rain like this since...well ever. At least we haven't had a slew of tornadoes ripping through the area on top of it. EDIT: Found it, hopefully this link works, if not just google "Tennessee Flooding" and you should see a hit for CNN with the video of the house on I-24 At least 5 dead in Tennessee flooding; tornado warnings in Arkansas - CNN.com __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!” Last edited by Wes Mantooth; 05-01-2010 at 11:38 PM..

05-02-2010, 06:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
MexicanOnABike Location: up north	any updates? as it stopped raining yet? __________________ - Movie Reviews - Ratings-

05-02-2010, 11:48 AM	#7 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	That substation fire is something else...jeez heck can anything else be piled up on us while this crap storm blows through? Looking at the radar it seems the worst of the storms are just about past us here in middle Tennessee, but rain is still falling and the floods will probably get worse before they get better. On the plus side it appears the front should be lifting out of our area by around 8 or 9 tonight, so I would think if the rain goes with it the floods should start draining out by tomorrow. I thought the storms that rolled through last weekend were going to be the "historic" storm system this spring but this weekend takes the cake hands down...wow. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-02-2010, 03:50 PM	#8 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	The water is finally going down, only took one decent shot where the road washed out, I was driving at the time. Yesterday the water was all the way up to the top of the white underpinning on that mobile home & all the way across the road. __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

05-03-2010, 06:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	I ventured out but didnt get far, roads are closed everywhere. My daughter is still stuck In Nashville, she's staying with friends, cant get home. What a mess. Major road closings in Midstate Nashville starts flood recovery Flash floods hit Tennessee and Mississippi Tenn. officials brace for more flooding, deaths __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

05-03-2010, 01:50 PM	#11 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	I camped out in Nashville with some friends last night and got these shots from the pedestrian bridge around noon...I'm speechless. 1st and 2nd ave are underwater, I think it could have been much worse but still the damage is pretty extensive. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-03-2010, 01:53 PM	#12 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	Yep, saw it all on the news, downtown is fucked up. Its flooded all over Middle TN........ __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

05-03-2010, 02:00 PM	#13 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Amazing isn't it? I notice you wrote that your daughter is stuck in Nashville, depending on where she needs to go I was able to get out on 65 south. Not sure about the rest of the highways out in other directions, 40 is pretty bad going west (or it was earlier) but I think 24 is open now too at least heading south. Wow just watching LP field on the news it looks like a swimming pool! __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-03-2010, 02:09 PM	#14 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	This is really something, my daughter did finally get home a few minutes ago, I-40 finally opened up so thats good. She saw all kinds of screwed up stuff, I mean like bridges on the verge of collapse & washed up piles of cars. Just check youtube, its pretty bad. __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

05-03-2010, 02:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Glad to hear it Dave, nobody needs to get stuck in this stuff. I've been traveling around Murfreesboro for most of the afternoon, the damage isn't as bad here just lots of roads still underwater and closed off and some neighborhoods...not really underwater but flooded. Its been quite a storm, we'll be telling our grand kids about this one I'm sure. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-03-2010, 05:43 PM	#16 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	Thanks for your concern, I appreciate that. Good Luck on that end. I have lots of news footage on the DVR, think I'll burn it onto a disc or 3 for posterity's sake. I thought this was probably a 100 year rain event but after reading this I'm not sure. 100-year flood __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

05-03-2010, 07:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
Salem Psycho Location: Canada	W-O-W. That's insane, absolutly crazy, crazy intense. A few years ago it flooeded near my hometown and was pretty bad but not that bad. Those cards are pretty much underwater, that's way too intese. Seriously, that's a lot of water. No kidding everything is fucked. So many buildings are gonna be ruined. You'll be dealing with this flood's aftermath for years. I agree, it's a good thing you live on a hill.

05-03-2010, 08:32 PM	#18 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	It has been a pretty intense weekend. What struck me was how much of Middle Tennessee was/is flooded, not just along rivers and creeks but some places flooded out on nothing more then the volume of rain! The area of damage is extensive, stretching across middle and western Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi (torn up last weekend by tornadoes), Alabama and Arkansas which was also carved up pretty bad with some devastating tornadoes during the rain. It got a little scary at times, the bright sun, clear skies and 86 degree temps are a welcome change of pace today. It really could have been worse here. We saw a lot of rotation over Tennessee but I don't think any tornadoes actually touched down or were strong enough to produce any damage. I can only imagine the devastation had a few killer tornadoes ripped through the area on top of all the rain and flooding. Mother Nature, while a raging whore sometimes, is quite a spectacular thing to behold. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-04-2010, 11:16 AM	#20 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Thanks for posting that link, Dave. I'm feeling pretty lucky right now, I'm dry and safe as are all my friends and loved ones...as well as my home and all my stuff. Now that things have calmed down a bit I'd like to do what I can to help out those who weren't so lucky, I just wasn't sure how to go about doing it or who to give money too. I kind of wish I could get out there, roll up my sleeves and help out physically but it sounds like nobody is taking on volunteers for clean up. I wonder if any other agencies out there perhaps are. I'll have to keep my eyes open. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-04-2010, 10:46 PM	#22 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	LOL, Dave. I'm sure they're watching CNN for the latest updates like they did after Katrina, Wolf Blitzer will tell 'em when to move in! Jesus Christ if there was ever a poster boy for govt waist and incompetency its FEMA. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-06-2010, 05:53 PM	#24 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	Just came across this article: Why the Media Ignored the Nashville Flood - Newsweek.com __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

05-07-2010, 11:32 AM	#25 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	also was perusing flickr and found this little comparison of Downtown Nashville, during the day, and at night: by Rachael Moore Floodwater from the Cumberland River creeps into downtown Nashville, Tennessee. -- courtesy of The Big Picture - Boston __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

05-08-2010, 09:07 AM	#27 (permalink)
ShaniFaye Submit to me, you know you want to Location: Lilburn, Ga	After going thru that down here in September with 19 inches of rain, I feel for you I really really really do __________________ *I want the diabetic plan that comes with rollover carbs. I dont like the unused one expiring at midnite!!*

05-08-2010, 10:28 AM	#28 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	Thanks SF, I really do appreciate the sentiment, I really really do. Thanks also to, Wes MOAB, Salem, and Jet. __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...

05-10-2010, 11:08 AM	#30 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	Huh, I don't know how I feel about being quoted out of context like this. Mainly since it effects my home state and some of my friends. For the record, I've already done some things for the relief effort that my wife's a little mad at me over. This isn't really in the right place to stimulate a discussion. "Found on the Net" threads rarely generate more than a couple/three responses. If you want to have a discussion about it, you should probably either ask for this to be moved to a better forum or start a new thread. It certainly should have a better title since I assumed it was a rehash of the Atlanta flood when I originally saw it. Or you could just continue to nail yourself to that cross. Let me know if you need help. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo

05-10-2010, 11:18 AM	#31 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	I've been nailed to several crosses so one more wont make a big dif. If you'd like to change the title to, "Record TN Flood 5/1/2010" or whatever you find appropriate thats cool with me. __________________ *Syriana...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer... Last edited by DaveOrion; 05-10-2010 at 11:33 AM..*

05-10-2010, 11:33 AM	#32 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	The question of why the media dropped the ball on this one would actually make for a good thread (great article by the way Jetée) not so much to discuss missing the flood but why can't the msm actually cover more then 1 or 2 stories at at time? I was going to start a thread about it until I got called out of town this weekend, stupid work. Anyway I actually just wanted to post up this picture I found last week (can't remember where I got it now), after all the ugly images we've been witnessing I thought it was rather beautiful and peaceful. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

05-10-2010, 02:26 PM	#36 (permalink)
ItWasMe But You'll Never Prove It. Location: under your bed	My heart goes out to you. Scary stuff. We went through this in 1996, and nearby area went through it (again) 3 years ago. Some friends/family lost everything. We were lucky and only lost a small boat (damn thing floated off and then sank). You can hold our hands til it's over. __________________ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ok, no more truth-or-dare until somebody returns my underwear" ~ George Lopez I bake cookies just so I can lick the bowl. ~ ItWasMe

05-11-2010, 07:32 PM	#38 (permalink)
DaveOrion Playing With Fire Location: Disaster Area	My daughter called the White Hose a few days ago, tried to talk to Obama but that was a no go. She collected about 20,000 signatures on facebook & wanted to relay the situation regarding our displeasure towards his lack of communication skills. Oddly he has not been seen recently either................ __________________ *Syriana*...have you ever tried liquid MDMA?....Liquid MDMA? No....Arash, when you wanna do this?.....After prayer...