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Posted on May 3, 2010
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The Cumberland River cuts through the heart of downtown Nashville.

Last weekend was a very wet one for residents of Nashville, Tenn., as record flooding from the Cumberland River displaced thousands, claimed 12 lives and continued to pose a watery threat to the southeastern city that was expected to persist through Tuesday. —KA

The Tennessean:

Flooding has prompted evacuations from several locations in Nashville, including The Riverfront and First Avenue, Metro Center in North Nashville and Opryland. First Avenue and Metro Center will be closed until the Cumberland River recedes.

Officials have opened a fourth emergency shelter at the Shrine Temple, 1354 Brick Church Pike, which can hold 300 people. Other shelters are: Bellevue Middle School, 655 Colice-Jeanne Road; the Jewish-Community Center, 801 Percy Warner Boulevard; and Lipscomb University’s student activities building. All three can house up to 200 people, though officials have said that Lipscomb is or has been at-capacity.

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By rollzone, May 4, 2010 at 10:29 pm Link to this comment

hello. i suppose you have never heard of the country music industry. some country stars today are so great because they combined both country and rock n’ roll. it’s not Waylon and Patsy anymore. sad, anyhow, people were saying most flooded areas were the last developed real estate because it was in the low lying areas. i heard as much as 19” of rainfall in 2 days, and that crests the Cumberland way over its banks everywhere. the government is abusing this rain making equipment they have been playing with, and this is the result.

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By skulz fontaine, May 4, 2010 at 1:20 pm Link to this comment

Wow and do you think that George Clooney and MTV will “host” a beg-a-thon for
Nashville? Clooney can stand there on primetime TV and plead Nashville’s case to
an expecting world. “Give give all you can on account of Nashville is disastered
and how shall they rebuild unless we care.”
Bono might show up and Mary J. Blige and wow, maybe Brad Pitt. But then again,
it’s Nashville and Nashvilleans will be on their own. Plug the hole in the bucket
Jethro, we’s got bailin’ to do.
Besides the Obama gots him an “environmental catastrophy” down in the Gulf and
whoosh and a-heck-ah-mighty, the Obama is one busy boy.

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