Nashville images 5/3/10

[Judgement]

In case you guys didn't get enough disaster porn from your preferred media source, here are some images (http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb39/Fneeee/?action=view&current=f511c557.pbw) I got yesterday from around the downtown area here in Nashville. We really got pwned. I couldn't get down to the Franklin or Brentwood area to get any good shots due to road closures.

Anyway, some of this series is the downtown area, and the night shots are in the Hermitage area where I live...we got flooded pretty hard here, but my apartment and car made it alright. Our power and cable internet has miraculously stayed on most of the time.

The city is pretty fucked up...flood waters are receding today, fortunately, although they're calling for more rain this weekend. I guess we'll see.

[hyzon]

That's crazy man. Glad to hear you and your stuff is alright at least.

I live in Charleston in SC, and if we get a big storm there's quite a few streets here that always flood. Had a buddy come to visit, transcript of phone call during one of those torrential downpours:

Him: "Hey dude, this shit's crazy, I'm going to come drive over your place."

Me: "Eh, that probably wouldn't be the best idea, some of the roads flood pretty bad."

Him: "Nah I see a few people here driving, it'll be fine."

Me: "If you insist *Gives directions, hang up*"

Him about 15 mins later. "DUDE YOU GOTTA COME GET ME THE WATERS UP TO MY FLOORBOARDS, COME HELP."

Me: "And.... get my car stuck in the water with you?, You're about a 10+ minute walk, I'll start walking."

Him: "Nah, nah, let me call some other people."

*Cop pulls up to my house 10 minutes later with my buddy, who's drenched.*

Nature: 1 Buddy: 0

Luckily, we went and got it the next morning, and he was able to get it dried out, and didn't have any engine damage. We're classically opposed on our accepted levels of risk taking. Definitely one of the nights I was happy to be in the "pussy" side of the argument, haha.

[hyzon]

Here's a picture from my old apartment (I've since moved to a non flooding downtown street). This was about half as bad as the night that trapped my buddy, and the street he ended up on floods a lot worse.

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f304/AHyson/IMAGE_041.jpg

[President]

Stuff like this makes me thankful im in the mountains...

[ciggwin]

Some incredible photos from the Boston Globe

http://b.globe.com/bON9mb

[Omnimorph]

you have become better at swimming! (57)

[solories]

In case you guys didn't get enough disaster porn from your preferred media source, here are some images (http://s207.photobucket.com/albums/bb39/Fneeee/?action=view&current=f511c557.pbw) I got yesterday from around the downtown area here in Nashville. We really got pwned. I couldn't get down to the Franklin or Brentwood area to get any good shots due to road closures.

Anyway, some of this series is the downtown area, and the night shots are in the Hermitage area where I live...we got flooded pretty hard here, but my apartment and car made it alright. Our power and cable internet has miraculously stayed on most of the time.

The city is pretty fucked up...flood waters are receding today, fortunately, although they're calling for more rain this weekend. I guess we'll see.

I stay in the Bellevue area and I'm lucky my apartment is on a hill on the opposite side of 70 from the Harpeth River.

[BeepBeep]

you have become better at swimming! (57)

^

[Yellow]

haha omni, but yeah i heard this was a pretty big deal.. glad your fine man.

[maultar]

What's the take away from floods? Does it expose poor city engineering? Cities have been around for many years but only recently floods are causing havok or at least being reported on a lot. You would think Seattle would be the new kedge Keep by now but they seem to manage.

[BeepBeep]

(this is my opinion and it probably isn't even right)
Builders like to build cheap, and don't care where if people are willing to buy. They don't care if it's a flood plain and if they can get the land for a decent price, they will build/develop on it. Buyers like to buy cheap. Guess where the cheap houses / land is? That's right, potential flood plains.

Sure there are instances of poor engineering such as the New Orleans Levis but more often then not, people just like to live where it's convenient or pretty and not do any research to the hazards of the area.

People take mother nature for granted and don't take the time to do research to see if it's safe or not. (i.e. people also build near fault lines, volcanoes, areas where tornadoes and hurricanes often strike). Now i'm just rambling but i think i made my point...

[Shannacore]

That's why I am going to school for Architecture /flex

[L2Phantom]

You would think Seattle would be the new kedge Keep by now but they seem to manage.

HEY! It doesn't rain THAT much here. :eek:

[Excision Rottun]

HEY! It doesn't rain THAT much here. :eek:

Victoria thanks you guys for the rain shadow!

Vancouver not so much.

[hyzon]

At least the experience from how it rains here...

The city is 200+ years old. So it's not a matter of poor engineering, it's a matter of dealing with architecture in a time where they couldn't plan the way we do today.

To live near a water sources was an easy way for a city be easily sustainable without a lot of agriculture control. We see cities like New Orleans flood, and people freak out. Then you look and realize half the population has decided over the last few generations to live below sea level.

Mother Nature's generous most of the time, but living so close can be like playing with fire.