Devastating Tennessee Flood Images & How YOU Can Help
I’ve been hearing that these floods have been the worst that anyone has seen in over 30 years. Thank God that my neighborhood and home is safe, but that’s not the case for for most of the Nashville Metro Area and beyond. Over the weekend we’ve watched anything from tornado watches/warnings, a ton of rain, floating mobile homes cruising down major highways, cars piled on top of each other 4 deep, Wal-Marts & other businesses and homes under water, our Mayor declaring a State of Emergency, over 40,000 homes and businesses without electricity, 3 major highways shut down due to being flooding over, and the death toll is 17 and growing. This is just sheer devastation in an amazing city that just did not see this coming.
Take a look at some of the images below that have impacted me the most as well as this video below just to get an idea of how bad it has been this weekend. To paint a picture, this mobile home floating is actually floating over the major highway that is I-24 and is just 1 mile from my home. Continue to keep those in Nashville affected by this horrible flood in your thoughts and prayers. For more information click HERE.
HOW YOU CAN HELP:
For those of you around the country or locally who have asked how you might help my church, Crosspoint, set up a special FLOOD FUND where you or your church can make a donation. Many families who are losing everything DO NOT have flood insurance. Any donation will be extremely helpful as we try to help our families put their lives back together.
Have you ever been involved in a disaster such as this? If so, would you share a brief story and what you learned from it?
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This is just so sad. seeing all these pics i want 2 help so bad my heart goes out 2 u guys n nashville & i will keep u guys n my prayers. i’m sure my church is gonna help out as much as they can & i will b right there beside them.
It breaks my heart to look at these pictures it’s awful…. My thoughts & Prayers go out to Nashville and everyone effected by this flood.
Thanks so much Sherry…yep, it’s pretty devastating. Can’t even put it to words.
OMG. Looking at these pictures makes me so sad. I have friend’s in Tennessee. Some are safe; others are not. I remember a few years ago we had 3 hurricanes rip through Florida. Each one was separated by just a few short weeks. No time in between to clean up each mess they left behind. It was my first time experiencing a hurricane. I’m from NJ, and I’m used to blizzards & ice. I remember the power being out for several days. You had to go outside to attempt any cell phone reception. We don’t live in a flooded area thankfully. But driving to the store to get food & water, passing houses that had flooded yards, and seeing street lights on the ground – it was surreal. The scariest thing I saw on the news (to me) was seeing traffic lights torn from the wires, laying on the ground. No tornadoes came by our area, just small funnel clouds. But other areas weren’t as lucky. It was scary. Trees were uprooted, laying on the ground. Roof pieces were all over the street. Fences were torn down. Blue tarp covered every roof. You discovered who your neighbors were. People you never knew or spoke to were there to help if they could. I remember walking around our housing development to see what happened – it was like the ending to that movie “Night of the Twisters.” It was really that bad. My heart goes out to everyone in Tennessee.
I had no idea. Never expected it to be this bad. Amazing. So glad your family is safe.
Yeah Jared, it is still devastating to a lot of people here in Nashville. Thanks for your thoughts and yes, my family and I are blessed to have not been affected.
Hi Daniel – stumbled here from your twitter profile. Thanks for posting these pictures, I still hadn’t seen many even though the flood waters have receeded by now. I used to live in the Bellview area of Nashville and worked downtown at the old train depot. I miss Nashville & my heart goes out to you and my old friends who’re having to go through this!
Yeah, I totally remember checking out your blog as well and really digging your pics. Well done….You have an impressive eye.
Yeah, Nashville took a beating with the floods, but I was truly impressed at all the volunteer response as well. There is still much to do here, as there are still so many without homes. I’ll be posting how you and many others can still help. Click my RSS feed so you’ll be sure and see the post.
Thanks and glad to be connected! Tell my hometown of OKC hello for me!
a wonderful blog ! lot of beautiful pics & interesting topics, that surely will pull me back in here ,to be your guest ((*__*))
good luck
Thx Fatin, (@@oooooozoooooone) for stopping by. It sounds like it lives up to its name, Six Degrees, since it has many layers. I hope it didn’t confuse you.
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