I found this old email to a friend & realized it might make an interesting post since it's taken me so long to complete what I started from 1 1/2 years ago!
Sent: Saturday, May 8, 2010 10:46:01 AM
Subject: Flood Relief
Dear
How did the volunteer work go
yesterday?
It’s strange how
someone right near you could have damage and then the neighbor
didn’t.
I’ve heard that about
tornados and stuff, but nothing this close – since the tornado in
’98!
Some friends live near Sutton Hill Road, but I don’t think they had any damage.
Strange!
I am glad you & your dog are OK.
Bonnie & Buddy are
well too! They didn’t have electricity on Sunday.
I got your voicemail
message, but I was at work and we had stuff ALL day.
Schools were closed all
week, not sure about next week.
I think it depends on
when the 2nd water plant gets restored.
They don’t want 76,000
students flushing the toilets! : )
Also we hear there is
some damage to buildings as well as roads so not sure about bus routes,
etc.
I haven’t heard from
Mike & Chad. I heard Donelson was hit hard.
One of my co-workers
who lives there relayed some scary stuff!
Luckily we’re OK,
nothing major happened to us or our property.
Our basement flooded –
about 8 inches deep – which is a pain for my brother.
He was in Atlanta for
the weekend so I had to tell him over the phone. : (
However, the good thing
is once the rain stopped, the water drained and all of it was gone the next
day.
We’re glad for that as
we anticipated emptying many buckets of water! : )
Some of our appliances
are OK – the washer works, but not the dryer.
Good excuse for a
clothesline! : )
We didn’t have hot
water or heat/air for a few days because that stuff is in the
basement.
We unplugged everything
when we discovered the water.
With Joel in Atlanta
and not going up & down to the basement, we didn’t think to
check!
You know Jai likes AC
so he was a little uncomfortable.
I went to the Y to take
showers – Jai & Joel took cold showers! : (
FUN!
FUN!
Julia is a trooper –
good spirits always – and her laughter makes up for
everything.
I actually left to go
to church on Sunday morning WITH Julia, turned around quickly &
returned home.
I got so scared when I
saw how high the water was on Gallatin Road, imagined the car floating &
trying to get Julia out.
WHEW! Really scary! :
(
We watched TV for hours
on Sunday – thankfully we had electricity.
The scenes were
frightening as I recognized SO many places around the city submerged in
water!
We were definitely
going stir crazy stuck in the house.
The weather was
beautiful, sunny, blue skies on Monday – strange contrast to the constant rain
for 2 days!
Johnders & I walked
the neighborhood Monday morning to survey the situation.
Slow morning traffic,
not much damage on these streets.
Take care.
Love, Tara, Jai, Julia,
Johnders & Joel
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