Flooding

It started raining Saturday morning and didn't stop until Sunday evening. There has been flooding all over Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Several highways and major roads are closed. Schools all across middle Tennessee are closed for tomorrow because of the flooding. It's insane here.

While Locke and I are safe, we have had an unfortunate mishap in the basement. We woke up to about 5 inches of standing water in the basement. We went to a couple of nearby hardware stores (in Locke's truck since there were several roads flooded) to find a pump. Unfortunately, all the home depots in a 50 mi radius were sold out of ALL their pumps. So we came back by the house and the water level had risen to about 9 inches in the basement in just a couple hours! Locke headed to Cookeville, TN (ab. 80 mi East of Nashville) for the nearest pump strong enough to pump water out of the basement, up the stairs, through the kitchen, round the corner, down the hall, and out the back door. I was so worried about him as he drove in the rain and flood waters but thank the Lord he made it back safely. We set up the pump and have been able to get most of the water pumped out. We're not sure how to get the last inch or so of water out since the pump doesn't reach that low of a water level.

Here are some pictures of the flooded basement and the pump system we set up.

All in all it has been a long, stressful day, but I there is some silver lining... Locke and I got through today TOGETHER. :) We worked as a team to set up the pump, to use buckets to scoop water out of the basement, to paint the closet (yep even amidst the flooding incident we found time to paint the closet we just had finished out in our bedroom...again thanks to my hardworking husband), and to keep each other's spirits up. I love him so much!