After the Flood

Just a small example of what is left after the flood. Notice an entire piece of blacktop from the street has been uplifted and is sitting in the landscape. This "rock" pile used to be a dry stacked wall that beautifully lined West End Avenue. The standing water remains in the front corner of this house property. Photo taken while driving along the road...this is minimal compared to other areas of town.

Look back at Flooding

Flooding along the riverbanks downtown, overflowing into condos and the Pinnacle building behind it, along with its underground parking garage. The Pinnacle building has been closed all week and still has no electric. (picture taken on Tuesday) Although a tree is blocking it in this picture, there is a white SUV submerged with only about 2 inches of the roof visible in the front parking lot of these condos.

Cumberland surpasses her banks

The Cumberland River crested at a flood stage never before seen in Nashville. The width of the river grew over 150' wider than normal. (which by comparison, a nearby river in Bellevue has a normal width of 100' and grew to 2900' OMG!!) This is taken of LP Field where the Tennessee Titans play and the Riverfront park, that is no longer visible. (photo taken on Tuesday)

Downtown Flooding

A store downtown along 2nd Avenue South (across from Joe's Crab Shack), notice the red capped Parking Meeters that are barely visible, and one mostly submerged near the front of the picture. Again, taken after 5ft below river crest.

Cinqo de....

Cinqo feet of water has already receeded from this area, the Cumberland River level is 5 feet less than at its crest and the flood levels are still unbelievable. Took this shot from the pedestrian bridge downtown, overlooking Joe's Crab Shack, which still does not have a visible front door.

Flooding... a bit contained

This is usually a dry creek bed, used in neighborhood drainage. At this level, it is most likely 3-4 ft deep. This is about 10 houses down from us; although a dry creek runs through the back of our house in the woods we can now hear a rushing river back there. Trees and leaves are too overgrown to get a good look or picture.

Nashville Flood begins

Nashville has received a tremendous amount of rain over the past 3 days, totaling 15 inches in some areas. Sunday we didn't leave home but did take a walk down the street to Vaughn's Gap to see the rushing water. This was only the beginning to the amount of flooding that occurred. This is the intersection of Percy Warner (our street) and Vaughn's Gap.