"In a matter of 30 minutes, everything you worked for, everything you thought was valuable, it all looks like trash," said [Ralithea] Hill, a 39-year-old surgical technologist and mother of four. The family's furniture, clothes, bedding and rugs sat in the front of their north Nashville home, soaked and contaminated by the dirty water. She said there was no chance at saving any of it.
My family was so fortunate to be spared the heartache that many Middle Tennesseans are going through because of the recent flooding. But my city is forever changed and my heart breaks to think of what I'll be going home to in a couple of weeks. Please keep Nashvegas in your prayers as the waters are receding and damages are being assessed.
You can be proud of Nashvegas. A couple of parents announced we would take whatever band kids wanted to go out and do some good this morning. Thirty showed up. Thirty. We piled in cars and headed to Cottonwood. The neighborhood was crawling with people just like us - arriving by car and van, then walking the neighborhood, into homes and asking "what can I do to help?" That's the story here. No looting. Just people showing up who don't know you and asking how can they help. I'd been hearing it all week - sounds hoakey. But its cool when you see it. RW
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