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41. I lived through the Nashville Flood and one of the strangest events during that time was

Mon May 25, 2015, 02:03 AM

May 2015

a house floating down the interstate passing cars. Here is a one minute video of it. The Nashville flood didn't make the news because it happened just as the oil spill in the Gulf happened. It really didn't get much coverage overall, but it did pick up when Andersen Cooper flew in and called out the other media for ignoring it. It was a 1,000 year flood with 15-20" of rain falling in just over 24 hours. My neighborhood had about 400 homes and over 200 of them were ruined.

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That is some serious flooding in Texas [View all] malaise May 2015 OP

Oklahoma also Duckhunter935 May 2015 #1

Just head that a fireman died on Oklahoma yesterday malaise May 2015 #3

Listened to the radio last night Duckhunter935 May 2015 #5

Reminds me of SRV.. kentuck May 2015 #2

They showed a collapsed apartment complex in malaise May 2015 #4

An apartment complex collapsed here in Houston ScreamingMeemie May 2015 #15

I saw this on the local news Gothmog May 2015 #47

Beat me to it. nt Bonobo May 2015 #29

I heard that song in my head LuvNewcastle May 2015 #43

we did go from within a week of stage 4 Duckhunter935 May 2015 #6

Unbelievable malaise May 2015 #7

Look at that rise! Duckhunter935 May 2015 #9

i have never seen this amount of water, this amount of times, and more is coming. it has been seabeyond May 2015 #8

Stay safe malaise May 2015 #10

Open carry will solve all this climate change nonsense. randome May 2015 #11

what a stupid comment Duckhunter935 May 2015 #12

Disasters in red states always bring out the worst in some people. CBGLuthier May 2015 #30

There was no mention in the OP about lives lost so how would I have known that? randome May 2015 #48

Ok, but it's been in the news Duckhunter935 May 2015 #49

Your comment was as stupid as it was predictable. Paladin May 2015 #50

Three children were swept away in the flood waters last night. herding cats May 2015 #39

And the weather channel isn't covering it :( maryellen99 May 2015 #13

Media elites don't work on holiday weekends malaise May 2015 #14

I used to live about a half-mile to the south of that building that got hit by the tornado. TexasTowelie May 2015 #27

Sure enough is. catrose May 2015 #16

I'd give up the driveway and keep the house malaise May 2015 #17

Things are crazy davidpdx May 2015 #18

rdking647 posted some photos of the flood in the photo group (link) Solly Mack May 2015 #19

Thanks malaise May 2015 #20

Horrible scenes. Solly Mack May 2015 #21

I can't contemplate my home washing away malaise May 2015 #22

It is! Solly Mack May 2015 #24

I remember Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 malaise May 2015 #26

I lived through the Nashville Flood and one of the strangest events during that time was okaawhatever May 2015 #41

Freaking wow malaise May 2015 #52

Wimberley, I think that's where the two families are missing in the flood. herding cats May 2015 #36

Oman! Thank you for giving us more of the story. Solly Mack May 2015 #37

I found a link to the story for you. herding cats May 2015 #38

:( Solly Mack May 2015 #40

I'd give up the home for precious young ones malaise May 2015 #53

I was in a tornado alert this morning Gothmog May 2015 #23

I'll take the hurricanes over tornadoes every day of the week malaise May 2015 #25

I have been in a couple of hurricanes and I do not want a tornado Gothmog May 2015 #31

The rain chances for Houston are 70% tomorrow, 50% on Tuesday and Wednesday, 30% on TexasTowelie May 2015 #28

It's been off and on flash floods for a couple of weeks. tammywammy May 2015 #32

Hence all those blues songs out of Texas about flooding. aikoaiko May 2015 #33

My daughter says their yard is standing water. And more rain to come. madfloridian May 2015 #34

My back yard looks like a lake right now littlebit May 2015 #35

I'm east (quite a bit) from there Aerows May 2015 #42

Yeah, we can usually count on getting LuvNewcastle May 2015 #44

Are you floating Aerows May 2015 #45

lol! LuvNewcastle May 2015 #46

My poor cat came in at around 5pm Aerows May 2015 #56

I bet my governor will soon ask for assistance from the guy he suspects is going to invade us. tanyev May 2015 #51

I was wondering if his own national guard has been removed from watching malaise May 2015 #54

Ah, but the group supposed to keep an eye on the military is not even the Texas National Guard. tanyev May 2015 #55