JACKSON 16.75"

You may have heard about the monsoon that dropped down on Tennessee recently. We have never seen that much rain at once. Jackson, TN got 16.75" of rain in less than 48 hours. It was crazy to see it just keep falling and falling and then falling some more.

I didn't think to take pictures until it slowed down because I was busy trying to get last minute things done around the house before Nathan's family arrived for the weekend. Tons of roads were being closed off during their drive in, and it ended up taking them 4 hours just to get from Memphis to Jackson when it would normally only be 1 hour. Needless to say, they were a little frustrated.

These are the only pictures I took from our front door.I may be wrong but I don't think the water is supposed to be leaking through the drain pipe like that. I found these next pictures on our local newspaper's website for the city of Jackson.
I guess the pressure of the water caused the cave in.Notice how high the water is on the stop sign.
This one is near the hospital. Talk about a pot hole! Just some slight water damage there.We've seen lots of brush on the side of the roads where people have moved them to let the water flow on by. Lots of huge trees ended up in the middle of roads, but people just got out their chain saws, chopped them up, and chunked them in the grass. I think most of the damaged homes were those that live off of the county roads and in the more secluded areas, but for the most part, our city really wasn't all the bad. The water did build up in many places, but it also washed away fairly quickly.

Nashville and the surrounding areas is another story. They were hit very hard because of the rivers that overflowed and flooded every possible nook and cranny.

So much for going to the Opryland Hotel this summer for a weekend getaway.I heard that the majority of the Country Music Hall of Fame memorabilia was completely ruined. There's also a storage facility where tons of country music star's keep their music equipment when they're not on tour that was beyond flooded. Vintage guitars that were worth $100,000 are now absolutely worthless. Unbelievable.
The rich country music stars will recover just fine, but those that didn't have very much to begin with now have absolutely nothing. It's a sad, sad thing. We really were very lucky!