Repair & Reconstruction

Repair begins on less damaged areas - streets and parking lots with displaced pavement and blacktop. It is amazing to think about huge pieces of blacktop uprooting themselves and being displaced along roads, and even 4' tall on top of bushes in landscapes. Construction and Crisis Relief companies are hard at work in Nashville, they are everwhere you look.

The Cleanup Continues...

Flooded car abandoned on the road...pretty typical scene on local flooded streets. Hopefully the driver and passengers got out safe. Notice how deep it was submerged and see the 6-8 ft muddy water level along the tree line. Highway above was flooded over at certain intervals.

Landslide...

Abundance of rainfall created landslides in some higher areas. Landslides blocking roads, knocking down power lines, and making clean up a little more difficult. This one was found on Harding at Percy Warner Blvd.

Dry Stack wall before and after

Water has quite the force to destroy anything in its path. Notice the normal wall on the left and the rubble that used to be wall on the right. In some areas, it stayed in tact while others fell to the pressure of the water fighting thru. Snapshot taken while driving. Water in this area was over 6 feet deep, washing away cars and leaving orange barrells stuck 6-7 ft high in trees.

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.

Cheekwood

Beautiful grounds and wildflower garden; I could totally live here! A wonderful mansion surrounded by 55 acres of beauty!

Just hanging around!

Today I'm just hangin' out, just like this animal at the zoo! Except I'm not literally hanging from a tree...although some days I wish I could! :) Did u notice he's doing "thumbs up"? haha..it's a bit dark to see it very clear, photographer error.

Pretty Bird

Inside the Lorikeet experience at the Nashville zoo. Amazingly beautiful colors on these birds!

She's a Strange Bird...literally

Woah! Check out this bird! I've never seen such a thing. It was a very cool but bizarre sight! Looks like an ostrich, with massivly swollen feet, and beautiful colors with a stone crown on its head! I'm pretty sure they don't have these at just any zoo!

Meerkat Manor

Meerkat Manor at the Nashville Zoo. These little furry creatures crack me up! This one looks like he's doing a stand up version of thighmaster..and 1..and 2...and squeeze...and 3. Work it girl! haha!

"Polly want a cracker?"

Nashville Zoo with friends on a beautiful Saturday afternoon! Beautiful cobalt blue macaw parrots just chillin' enjoying the weather!

Snow Flashback...

Weather calls for snow flurries today and it reminded me of the big snowfall we had earlier in the year. These are statue horses on Belle Meade Blvd in Nashville...but in the snow they looked so real, as if they were enjoying mother nature at her finest.

Preds Win!

My first NHL Hockey Game! Nashville Predators facing off with Minnesota Wild. Preds win 5-0. Yay! :)

(it was so hard to capture a good picture at the game - with the overabundance of white from the ice, and the players in constant motion, it was challenging, but a good place to practice!)

Donkey Crossing ?!

This road is a "One Way"... unless you are a Donkey?! Then it is your official crossing location. I couldn't resist posting this snapshot that I took in the middle of Green Hills in Nashville. I can just imagine a Donkey trying to cross this 4 lane very busy road, but the Mall is nearby so maybe he is on to something. haha :)