Nashville Flood Recovery 1

I drove down to Nashville to cover flood relief. Residents sure lived up to Tennessee’s motto of being the volunteer state.

After the water level reached to over 20 feet in intersection of Todd Preis Drive and Sawyer Brown Road in the Nashville suburb of Bellevue, the area was evacuated by boat on Sunday, May 2, 2010. Residents of Todd Preis Drive, where the River Plantation housing community is located, returned later in the week to gut their own homes and try to move on with their lives. Initially a retirement community, River Plantation is still approximately 75% retirees, said current resident Faye Nall. The disaster appears to have “created a sense of cohesiveness” within the community, said Nall. Young and old, those that have lost homes and those that have not, have all come together to help rebuild.

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~ Chris Mackler
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Nashville Flood Recovery – Images by Chris Mackler