One of Nashville’s biggest disasters was an enormous fire that broke out in East Nashville on March 22, 1916. As we approach the 100-year anniversary of that event, we look back on five defining disasters that have occurred in the…
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Texas Flooding Causes Reflection in Nashville
As Texas reels from catastrophic flooding, this booming city on the Cumberland River is contemplating what to do to protect itself in the wake of its own disaster from five years ago, the May 2010 flood that killed 10 people and damaged or…
Read MoreScientists May Have Discovered Origin of Noah’s Flood
After decades of theorizing and searching, scientists are reporting that they’ve finally found a massive reservoir of water in the Earth’s mantle — a reservoir so vast that could fill the Earth’s oceans three times over. This discovery suggests that…
Read MoreWill Dean’s Wall Protect Nashville from the Corps of Engineers?
The steel flood wall proposed to protect downtown from a repeat of the 2010 Nashville flood was not the top or second recommendation in a 2013 study commissioned by Metro government. But it was the most costly. The Unified Flood…
Read MoreCongressman Has a Good Idea; Bureaucrats Want Difficult, Expensive Solution
The Metro Council will soon begin discussing a $100 million flood wall to protect downtown Nashville from rising water. But what about the wider area full of homes and neighborhoods? How about using something already there to hold extraordinary runoff…
Read MoreReflections on the Five Year Anniversary of The Flood
No doubt you remember where you were, five years ago this weekend, when the water started to rise. Maybe you were moving into your first apartment, and noticed the rain would just not let up as it soaked your belongings….
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