Nashville's flood in April 2010 was pretty devastating. Well known areas like downtown and Opryland were completely under water. So were many surrounding areas, including parts of Franklin, where we live. Matt was out of town at a conference in DC for all the excitement. The hard rain went all weekend along with tons of lightning and tornado watches. We didn't leave the house for the days during and afterward. We constantly watched the unbelievable news coverage and spent time in our bedroom closet (our tornado safe spot). The kids even slept in there one night. Luckily, we were high enough to not have many problems, but we knew a lot of people not so lucky. Matt works with another resident who lived in Bellview. They had 5 feet of water in their house and lost basically everything. Matt went a few days to help. I was able to go one day as well. It occurred to me that I should take a picture as we were driving home. Every house there had everything they owned just in trash bags or piles in the front yard. Very sad. Most of the people in the hardest hit areas are still displaced. Downtown Nashville is almost all open again, but the Opryland/Grand Ole Opry/ Opry Mills Mall is still closed and looks like it will be 2011 before anything opens there. All in all, I felt very blessed that we were safe and had no lasting damage!
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