OMG! I biked down to the end of the Bend to lend a hand this afternoon and I see CNN set up and I see Anderson Cooper….oh my goodness. Here is the guy who broadcasts from the most devastated places on planet earth and he sets up shop 1/2 mile from my house. He was a very nice and sincere fellow. He gave all of us plenty of time to take pictures, shake hands and listen to the stories. He was genuinely moved by the volunteerism that everyone is pouring out here and all over town. The spirit down there was high today because lots of people are showing up to help. Three trucks offered me water and food just walking down the street.
I helped the Wardles drag out more of the mucky yucky duct work that is in the crawlspace under the house. I told Anderson that my realtor said that we don’t need flood insurance because “If water gets up here, then downtown Nashville will be flooding”…..unfortunately he was right. Thank goodness it didn’t rise another five feet then we would be under water.
I would like to thank CNN and Anderson Cooper plus the whole crew for coming out and spotlighting our situation. Especially the fact that nearly every home was not insured for flood insurance because we are considered to be in the 500 year flood plain.
Pictures below are from my cell phone, so nothing of great quality, but it tells the story.
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Link to video clips of the episode in Nashville
http://www.allthingsandersoncooper.com/2010/05/nashville-rising.html
Video Link to CNN and Brad Paisley on Beech Bend Drive http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2010/05/07/ac.brad.paisley.cnn?iref=allsearch