Nashville images 5/3/10
 

In case you guys didn't get enough disaster porn from your preferred media source, here are some images 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.

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.

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/f3.../IMAGE_041.jpg

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

Some incredible photos from the Boston Globe

http://b.globe.com/bON9mb

you have become better at swimming! (57)

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.

^

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

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.