As I sit here typing this entry I hear sirens of emergency vehicles racing to rescue someone and see an endless sheet of rain falling outside. It's cold, it's dismal, its insane! We have watched the TV all day. The images are reminiscent of Katrina although this was no hurricane - just a horrible storm that pounded this area for two days. The Cumberland is raising higher, and higher and may hit Broadway - where all the historic honky tonks reside. Every creek, pond, lake, tributary - any body of water - has escaped its banks and flooded the surrounding area. Major roads and interstates (I24, I65, I40) have been shut down in multiple places due to water covering them. Images on the news show buildings floating down the interstate, schools being sucked into sink holes, people being rescued by tiny boats and even horses stranded in the middle of masses of water. It's crazy to think of something like this has hit home. We are so lucky and blessed that our area isn't flooding here in E. Nashville although we are a mile from the Cumberland.
Yesterday on my way back from Carolyn's Birthday Day.
The Little Harpeth River has turned into a white water river.
The Cumberland flooding it's banks. (Thanks Slattery's for the pic.)
A backyard is turning into a pond...along with my planters.
Having fun inside during the May Day Flood.
"Rain, schmain go away!" shouts Julia.
1 comment:
That's so crazy! Glad you guys are dry.
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