Wet Weekend

Wow, what a weekend it has been! I'm sure that most of you have heard that Nashville experienced the worst flooding in decades. Friday night, the storms began and the city began to fill up early Saturday afternoon. The news showed part of I-24 where there were close to 50 cars completely under water. The water was so high on the interstate, that it was up to the hoods of semi-trucks. And it kept raining. The rains did not stop until Sunday night. Unfortunately, the damage was done. Many people were having to be rescued from the roofs of their home by boat. Over 4,000 people are without power. The Cumberland River's boundaries are indistinguishable. Many of the buisnesses downtown had over 2' of water. It's just crazy! I just heard on the news that President Obama has declared it a 'disaster area'. Luckily, our apartment is up on a hill, so all the water was just rushing by us. A 14'+ dam behind us was almost running over and we still have water steadily rushing down the hill.

Our apartment complex backs up to rock cliffs around the back perimeter. The rain caused 6 or 7 different mudslides that brought down bushes and some entire trees. These are some pictures from around our apartment. We haven't seen all the damage first hand. Schools have been closed for the past two days and a lot of businesses don't have power. High Hopes was closed on Monday, so Reese and I were here with Cooper and Daddy. The Titans facility is closed and powerless, LP field is damaged and had close to 3'+ water filling it yesterday. I was going to post sooner, but our internet and cell reception has been pretty spotty. Thank you Lord for keeping us safe and please pray for our town's recovery.