I'm sorry it's been a week since the last update. We're going on vacation later this week and I've been busy getting work done and getting things ready.
It's been 21 days now since my sister was forced out of her apartment. There is still no power to the building though the work goes on. She met with a representative from FEMA yesterday. Apparently she's eligible for some money from the government because she's been displaced. She was told she'd find out how much within 48 hours. Hopefully then by tomorrow she'll have a better idea. I think she'd just prefer to be back in her own home.
Don't know if you caught tonight's NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams. The "Making a Difference" segment focused on volunteers helping clean up in and around town. It looked like one of the groups shown was working in the River Plantation neighborhood we visited. I also saw several people wearing shirts from Service International. That's the group that Lipscomb is working with.
Today's picture is of the big sink hole that opened up on I-24 southeast of Nashville. You might have seen it on the news but you've not seen this particular shot. This was taken by David Pratt, a friend of mine shortly after it opened up. He was on his way to Orlando and got caught in the long back up on the interstate. I read in the paper the other day that it eventually grew to be 40 feet long and 20 feet deep. Fortunately there's been no significant rainfall in the last week or so.
Check out http://tennessean.com/ when you get a chance. On their main page they're now showing pictures of the cleanup. After seeing the shots of the Opry House and Opryland Hotel during the flood, it's pretty amazing to see the "after" pictures.
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