I never would have thought that Nashville would have ever flooded as bad as it did last weekend. Even when it was raining for the 3 straight days, I didn’t think that it would cause such a disaster as it did. I even woke up Monday morning, did my usual routine and stop by Kroger to pick up milk and muffins for what I thought would be a slow day at soundcheck. Only to find you couldn’t even get within a mile of soundcheck, because that building was now a part of the overflowed Cumberland river.
As I continued my day, some friends of mine a few miles away had been trapped on their block by a flooded river that now consumed Beth Drive. As nervous as the homeowner was about the water actually getting into the house, everyone seemed to be just waiting for the water to recede, by fishing off the porch and keeping high hopes. The laid back attitude came to a halt when the water kept rising and talks of a the dam opening up raising their flood waters another 3 feet. So the 5 of us used our kiddie rafts we had bought at K-mart to help get bags, and important belongings over across the street to higher ground. The house ended up being ok as the water receded that night and the homes on Beth Drive were for the most part saved.
My house being ok through the flood of 2010, my coffee company which is set up and stored in soundcheck nashville has not even been able to reach until this afternoon. I don’t even want to think about how much was lost within the 7 ft of water inside the building. Keith Urban was even talking about soundcheck on CNN. Millions of dollars between tour supply, fender, peavey, stage call, and the whole rental dept at soundcheck is probably ruined. Not to mention the toll its going to take on the spring / summer touring season as 100 or so huge country / rock bands keep all their gear here. Ill keep ya updated as to the damage of Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee on tour and the status of soundcheck! read their blog here! www.soundchecknashville.com
One thing that remains important, is the community here in Nashville. Everyone has had such a willing heart to volunteer, help clean up, provide assistance, and fundraising thru music or to Hands on Nashville. I drove by the middle school down the street on my way home yesterday, figured Id stop and help out. There was a lot of confusion as to the volunteers coming to relieve each other, and everyone ended up leaving after their shift ended and left me and the police there to hand out cases of water in an effort to conserve the limited water resources here. As the school was on my corner, I went to my neighbors and my house to get my roommates and we all ended up handing out these cases of water to anyone who would drive up. I was there from 2 – 8, sunburnt, and exhausted. But totally worth it. I’m so proud to live in this city, and see the community come together during this disaster. Got my pic in the Tennessean also to my surprise!
