This gives you an idea of what downtown looks like. Several of the streets south of lower Broadway are closed. There are semi trailers like this parked everywhere including on the grounds of the new symphony hall. All of them are with different disaster recovery and flood clean up companies. It's odd to see semi tankers filled with water parked on the sidewalks.If you've not already found the websites, here are a few that will show you some incredible pictures from the time the flooding started until now.
www.tennessean.com They have several slide shows. On the main page, toward the middle right, look for the Pep Boys video link. Their security cameras caught the flooding of a store not far from downtown. If you think this water just crept in, you'll know differently after you watch it.
Websites for the Nashville TV stations also have slide shows available:
www.wkrn.com
www.wsmv.com
www.wtvf.com
I've had a few folks email me and call. I love it that they're wanting to know what else can be done. If you're not able to go over personally to volunteer, I can tell you that cleaning and building supplies along with water will continue to be needed for a while. I saw an announcement today that the city declared the water is 70% safe. They didn't say what you're supposed to do with the other 30% though! If you would like to donate money or gift cards to Lowe's or Home Depot, you can send them to the South Knoxville Church of Christ, 4604 Chapman Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920. Just mark it attention Nashville Flood Relief. One way or the other we'll make sure it gets to people that can use it. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
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