We Are Safe and Doing Fine After The Storm Flooded My House in Nashville Under Seven Feet of Water Last Night
Seeing your kid's Legos floating in water in their room in the middle of the night is such bullshit, but try telling that to a rainstorm. We are all safe and doing fine! We have plenty of help from family and friends. But early this morning our house was in the middle of a lake, and we had to be pulled out of there by the local volunteer fire department . We both heard gurgling in our HVAC at 12:50am. My wife walked over to the window, froze, and said, "You're not prepared to see what's out there." Water was up above our floor level outside the house, nearly to the bottom of our window, flowing like a river right past our window sill! She was a very quick and clear thinker in the midst of this, and said we should shut down the house's electricity so it doesn't electrocute us. Then quickly gathered all the essentials we would need to save and triple wrapped them in plastic garbage bags. I was good at keeping everyone calm. I think we did very ...
