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Posted on August 23, 2010
As I passed by the dam today, I noticed water was being released from all three spillways. I decided to go to the lower side of the dam and get a few photos. I could feel the spray in the parking lot – and the fish smell filled the air. Back in May when we had the record flooding, the water was over the walls showing on each side of the photo. (See Day 124 for comparison). There are people fishing on the bottom left of the photo near the red sign. Gives you an idea of the scale and just how much water there was during the May flooding.
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Posted on August 22, 2010
We had more rain this week and more flooding, but nothing like we had in May. After the storm on Saturday the sun and clear sky was reflected in this puddle in the road near my house.
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Posted on August 18, 2010
Freshly mowed hay in a field on a gray rainy day.
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Posted on June 14, 2010
It’s that time of year in Tennessee – hot, humid, and a chance of afternoon pop up thunderstorms nearly everyday. Today the temp was 101 degrees by one store marquee I passed at 5:04. I ran a few errand and when I came out of the store I saw today’s photo. The wind was blowing pretty hard – and felt very nice! The temp had dropped to 88 in less than an hour. It never rained where I was, but with the way this cloud looks, I’m sure it did somewhere.
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Posted on May 15, 2010
When the water receded the cleanup began. This isn’t the dump….it’s some of the debris from one house that was flooded two weeks ago in the worst flood in Nashville’s recorded history. 13 inches of rain fell in two days causing the area rivers to rise as much as 13 feet above flood stage. This is the sight on many streets and some entire neighborhoods around Nashville. Several houses on one side of this street were flooded. All are in the process of cleaning up, making repairs, and getting on with life. From the road, you can see construction dumpsters filled to overflowing behind these houses. On the roadside, awaiting pickup by the garbage trucks, are the remnants of people’s lives.
I’m proud to live in the Nashville area. People here pull together and get things done, even when faced with disaster. Neighbors helping neighbors, doing whatever it takes. That’s the way we do it here.
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Posted on May 3, 2010
As most of you know by now, Nashville had record breaking rain this weekend and is now suffering the worst flood in recorded history of the city. The Cumberland River has crested at just under 52 feet. Flood stage is 40 feet. I live close to Stones River and the J. Percy Priest Dam. I went there and took photos after work. I’ve never seen it so high. I took some photos around the dam back in January, so I pulled some of those to post for comparison. Thankfully my house is on a hill and is undamanged. Lots of people aren’t as fortunate. The big scare now is fresh water. One of our two water treatment plants is flooded and inoperable, so everyond has been asked to conserve water. Glad I have plenty of bottled water! Now for the photos…..
Nashville Shores Water Park in January
Nashville Shores Water Park underwater May 3, 2010
Lake side of the dam in January. There are benches and walkways.
The benches and walkways are underwater. This was made from the parking lot. There is a long stairway down to the area with the benches. About half of it is underwater.
Not a great photo, but notice the access walkway with the railing on the right near the top. I would estimate it is at least 15 feet to the water.
From the I-40 bridge you can see the water is almost up to the access walkway. It's the white strip right at the water under the Corp of Engineers sign.
This tree is in the area where the benches and walkways are. The lake is usually about 30 feet past this tree.
Same tree under water.
This is what the lower (river) side of the dam usually looks like.
Right now the entire parking lot and the bank are under water.
Both lower sides usually look like the previous photo of the bank with all the rocks. This is what it looked like today.
The I-40 bridge over the Stones River from the top of J. Percy Priest dam. The river is usually between the columns on the bridge.
Another shot of the lake side of the dam. The Corp of Engineers has scheduled a controled release of water tonight. If none is released, the water will go over the top during the night. If too much water is released too quickly, it will make the flooding in downtown Nashville even worse because Stones River feeds into the Cumberland.
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