T. Sharp on Twitter (@newscoma) Steve Ross on Twitter (@vibinc) Steve Steffens on Twitter (@leftwingcracker)The Clarksville Leaf Chronicle has an article this morning that talks about the floods that came unexpectedly. Monday morning, Montgomery County awoke to a nightmare. Roads underwater. Houses. A city. “You’re expecting that event one time in a 100-year timeframe,” Clarksville Mayor Johnny Piper said. “And it blew through that 100-year flood plain in...
Yesterday the Clarksville Leaf Chronicle had several articles about the flood damage and recovery effort. Here are a couple of them. Early damage assessment: 250 homes, 210 businesses Family facing challenges shared by dozens of other flood victims After a stellar debut, WaterStreet faces recovery There are likely thousands of stories like this all...
WPLN reports that the Small Business Administration is setting up a “business recovery center at TSU. From the Article: The Small Business Administration bills itself as the federal government’s long-term disaster recovery arm. Despite the “small business” in the administration’s name, Jelani Miller says the SBA also works with homeowners and renters. “We’re here...
Please Note: This is not a comprehensive list, but a compilation of posts and external resources that we’ve found over the past week. If you know of a resource we missed please Contact us with the county or counties served in the subject line. – Dyer County – Dyersburg is one of the counties...
Please Note: This is not a comprehensive list, but a compilation of posts and external resources that we’ve found over the past week. If you know of a resource we missed please Contact us with the county or counties served in the subject line. – Tipton County is one of the counties deemed a...
Please Note: This is not a comprehensive list, but a compilation of posts and external resources that we’ve found over the past week. If you know of a resource we missed please Contact us with the county or counties served in the subject line. – Shelby County – Millington is one of the counties...
Cathy McCaughan brings a different point of view to light in a post called ‘even in surreal there must be real.” Water is a valuable commodity that is needed for survival, but, in the midst of rationing, people are washing their cars. I know it’s wasteful, but I feel like the people washing their...
The stories just keep coming in. Many roads are still closed, homes and businesses remain under water and residents in Ashland City and Kingston Springs are being asked to conserve water. This is all of a result of the record-setting rainfall over the weekend, resulting in the county’s worst flooding ever. Government offices in...
From Betsy at Pith. I’ll admit, Twitter is still a joke to most people. You try to explain the appeal of reading a bunch of short outbursts from a bunch of folks you only sort of know and it’s difficult. But in times like this, when people are hungry for any little tidbit of...
Earlier this morning, Trace mentioned the flooding situation in Dyer County. Apparently, it’s getting worse. According to Senator Mark Norris via Twitter, Dyersburg, TN is taking on more water. Senator Norris reports that some 600 homes and businesses are currently under water in Dyersburg. Nearly 14 miles from the Mississippi River, the big muddy...