By now I’m sure almost everyone has heard about the flooding taking place in Nashville. However, due to the Times Square bomb plot and the oil spill, the news of the flood has taken second page. To say that things in Nashville are absolutely devastating is not an exaggeration. Thousands of people have lost their homes, businesses have been destroyed, nearly 30 people have been killed, churches are damaged, schools are near destruction, downtown Nashville is underwater, people are unaccounted for, the city is running out of clean drinking water, shelters are at capacity, and tens of thousands of people are without power at least until Friday. We can’t even start the cleanup efforts yet because the waters have not completely receded. We desperately need your help!
If you would like to help in some way, here are a few of the ways you can help:
1. Text REDCROSS to 90999. This will make a $10 donation to the Nashville Red Cross. You can also donate money at www.nashvilleredcross.org
2. Donate your time or money to Hands on Nashville. You can visit their website at www.hon.org. If you are looking for a place to work and help out, they can find a place for you, even if it’s just for 1 hour or even 1 week. From physical labor to mental health, we need everything right now.
3. If you live in the Nashville area, please conserve water. Some places do not have water, and reports are that some places have discolored water. Please do not wash your car, wash your dishes, or water your lawn right now. When taking a shower, try to make it quick. Do your best to consume half of the water you usually would.
4. If you attend a church in Nashville, tithe your income and then some. Let’s be honest, if everyone in the church tithed, we could fix all of our churches quickly. But that’s just not the case anywhere. Studies show a minority of people in the church actually tithe. If you don’t tithe, please think about starting right now. Tithe to the church, and then give above and beyond that. We’re a very rich nation. Compared to other countries, we have it very good. However, when we refuse to give our money to the church, the needy, or other needful organizations or countries, we’re basically saying our luxuries are more important than someone else’s needs. Give generously right now.
5. Donate food, clothing, bottled water, etc. Contact an organization like the Red Cross or Hands on Nashville and see if there is a specific need you can meet. Many people have lost everything in the flood. They need clothes to wear and food to eat. It won’t be long before organizations run out of these supplies.
6. Pray. Our city needs it.
If anyone else knows of ways to help, please post them on here.
The picture above is of downtown Nashville. The picture below is I-24 at Bell Road–the exit for my apartment.
May 4th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
how is your apartment. Did you get flooded out? how is Randall house?
May 4th, 2010 at 5:34 pm
My apartment is fine. Whoever designed the complex was a genius. We had no damage except one tree was tree.
Randall House got about 8 inches of water in our printing department and 2-3 feet in our outdoor storage areas. We’re still drying out the printing machines right now so we won’t know the extent of the damage for a few days.
May 6th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
One tree was tree, huh? Sounds terrible! ;)
May 6th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
btw, the house in the picture above it not sitting on the side of the road, it floated down the side of the road and collapsed as the current pushed it under the overpass.