Water, Water Everywhere!!

[Sherri]

We have had the worst flooding I've ever seen in my life the past few days. Our mayor has declared a state of emergency and asked all churches to cancel services today to keep as many people as possible off the roads. The road that runs in front of our house has a 30 foot sinkhole just up the road from us. The road was completely flooded the other way, so we were stranded for a while.

We have two church members who own car lots and those are completely submerged - can't even hardly see the tops of the cars. We have others who have offices and showrooms that are flooded about waist-high. I just heard that one of our family's home was flooded and they had to swim in the backyard to resuce their dogs. They probably have lost everything.

It is really rare for anyone here to have flood insurance on their home, because we aren't in a flood zone. I know we don't personally have it on ours, but we sit up higher than anyone else in our neighborhood.

Nashville is terrible also - two of the interstates are flooded and may not be open for a few days. My son was supposed to drive back to M'boro today, but I don't think he can get back for his exams tomorrow. Hope he has an understanding professor!!