As you may have heard, we got a drop or two of rain this weekend here in Tennessee. Franklin received 17 inches of rain in 2 days...Nashville received about 15. Things are really, really bad for a lot of people--loss of life, homes, businesses...but we were blessed to not have too much damage from the storms.
There was once a river running through our carport and down the driveway, but it went down as soon as the rain (finally) stopped.
The only thing that happened to our house is that the crawl space under the house is completely filled with water. We'll be having it pumped out soon...so thankful that this is all we have to deal with. This is the entrance to the crawl space.
We were able to get out a little today, and we went and saw a street less than a mile from our house that was badly flooded.
notice the white car in the next two
view of the street
Again, we are SO blessed, especially to be where we are. Things are horrible in the part of town where our last apartment was.
the interstate right by the street that our last apartment was on
a nearby car dealership that we passed by everyday
downtown Nashville before the floods
and after :(
even the Grand Ole Opry has been flooded
It is just devastating. Please be praying for all who have been affected - especially the families who have lost loved ones. I know I talk a lot about my allegiance to Texas, but I will say that this town has grown on me. After all of the pictures and footage that I have seen the last couple of days of people helping friends and strangers alike, I can say that I am proud to live here.
And just to lift the spirits a bit, I will leave you with a picture I took of Merit last week when it was raining - a few days before the flooding rains. She had been sitting on the potty and wanted to go look at the "wain".
She is going to love me for this someday.
