Nashville Flood

[LouisF]

I understand that the flooding in Nashville has damaged the symphony hall, and several storage and cartage companies. And that several players have lost basses. Does anyone have any more info?

Anything we can do to help?

louis

[countrybassist]

I was there. We had to evacuate Sunday morning.

[squashedOpossum]

Thanks for asking, Louis. It's a mess around here. Lots of people have lost everything, with no flood insurance, then other areas were hardly affected at all. This blog has some good info on the flood and how to help:
http://nashvillest.com/2010/05/03/so...ow-can-i-help/

Monday afternoon I walked down to lower Broadway where the Cumberland River meets downtown, across the river from LP field where the Titans play and where most of the downtown flooding has occurred. I got chills as I approached Tootsie's and the other bars down there and heard the live music playing just a block or two away from other businesses that were completely devastated. We may be down, but the music and spirit of Nashville is alive and well.

[countrybassist]

We stayed at the Knight's Inn on Spring St which is catty-corner to LP Field. It was nuts. The water was coming up the stairs. Our singer went to get our stage manager, which should have taken 10 minutes. 45 minutes later he wasn't back. Finally he pulled in and we had to get through about 8 inches of water in the parking lot. Just as I got on Hwy 24, I saw cars competely submerged with people on the roofs of their cars. We played at Tootsies in the afternoon, and the tornado siren went off at least 3 times that I can recall. We played at the Cadilliac Ranch that Saturday Night, now it's all messed up. Totally weird man how damn fast that water came up.

[hitch]

The Grand Ole Opry House

[LouisF]

I was visiting professor at Austin Peay for a while (in Clarksville), so have a lot of good friends in the area (including one who's expecting a baby this week!) it's really awful. Let me know what we can do.

Louis

[Bardley]

Originally Posted by countrybassist

We stayed at the Knight's Inn on Spring St which is catty-corner to LP Field. It was nuts. The water was coming up the stairs. Our singer went to get our stage manager, which should have taken 10 minutes. 45 minutes later he wasn't back. Finally he pulled in and we had to get through about 8 inches of water in the parking lot. Just as I got on Hwy 24, I saw cars competely submerged with people on the roofs of their cars. We played at Tootsies in the afternoon, and the tornado siren went off at least 3 times that I can recall. We played at the Cadilliac Ranch that Saturday Night, now it's all messed up. Totally weird man how damn fast that water came up. I just sent my DB750 and DB680 down yesterday to a bassist for a national act, I don't know if he'd like me to mention his name. He lost all of his studio gear and has to hit the studio next week.

Is this where you were staying?

[countrybassist]

That's were I was. Man, when we bailed there was only like 6-8 inches of water. But that was a 3 floor hotel.

[Bardley]

I was reading on Soundcheck's blog about the flood. That's where the pic above came from. For those who don't know, Soundcheck is a rehearsal and storage facility for many major touring acts out of Nashville. Below is a pic of it flooded. Many artists lost lots of touring gear.
That is a lot of water.

[Chris Fitzgerald]

I sure would like to hear how the rest of the Nashville TB DB crew is doing. That looks really bad.

[RexNFX79]

I heard Keith Urban on the Nashville news this week talking about how a bunch of his gear got trashed. I'm south of Nashville and we had some flooding but thankfully all of my gear is fine. There are a lot of people in a bad way right now, I would suggest donating to the Red Cross if you want to help. I'm really dissapointed that there hasn't been more national news coverage although there has been some. It's pretty rough all over Middle Tennessee right now.

[Bardley]

I agree that the media has not really showed the true scale of it. I'm just down in Chattanooga and we have heard very little about it. I get more info from my Nashville Facebook friends than from the news.

[timmarks]

here's another thread about it:
So Nashville is underwater

My session cartage was flooded at Soundcheck. More than half my stuff was in there... Several Laklands, 2 Les Paul Signatures, Jerry Jones longhorn and tic-tac, Kay Howlin Wolf, Harmony H-22, plus recording gear and several amps.

cartage company pics:
http://soundchecknashville.com/wordpress/

i'll know a lot more in a day or two after I can get down there, but i'm expecting a very gory scene

slideshows--just staggering--give these a look:
http://www.wsmv.com/weather/23429788/detail.html

pretty bad stuff----there are dozens of neighborhoods underwater, businesses and homes destroyed, and thousands homeless....

[Calebmundy]

Originally Posted by Bardley

I was reading on Soundcheck's blog about the flood. That's where the pic above came from. For those who don't know, Soundcheck is a rehearsal and storage facility for many major touring acts out of Nashville. Below is a pic of it flooded. Many artists lost lots of touring gear.
That is a lot of water.

That my friends is an 8ft chain-link fence.

[Bardley]

Originally Posted by timmarks

here's another thread about it:
So Nashville is underwater

My session cartage was flooded at Soundcheck. More than half my stuff was in there... Several Laklands, 2 Les Paul Signatures, Jerry Jones longhorn and tic-tac, Kay Howlin Wolf, Harmony H-22, plus recording gear and several amps.

cartage company pics:
http://soundchecknashville.com/wordpress/

i'll know a lot more in a day or two after I can get down there, but i'm expecting a very gory scene

slideshows--just staggering--give these a look:
http://www.wsmv.com/weather/23429788/detail.html

pretty bad stuff----there are dozens of neighborhoods underwater, businesses and homes destroyed, and thousands homeless....

That really sucks. Keep us updated on what you find out.

[Thor]

I feel for you guys, for sure.

We had the floods here back in late March. My basement got damaged
and the septic system failed.

The Pawtuxet River near work went 12 feet over its banks. FEMA set up
tents and the claims were on.

Here's a recap.

I had to rip out 900 sq. feet of carpeting, pad, and substrate
(particle board). I still have to figure out what to replace it all
with, painted concrete and tile has been suggested. I will be
surprised if the damages can be repaired for less that 10k.

You can start a claim on the FEMA website. They sent an
inspector within a week and a second inspector the following
week. That was on a Thursday. A check arrived that
Saturday for approximately 1300 dollars. It's about 10%
of the bill but I will take it.

FEMA loans are obtainable through SBA. There are some
caveats. If you have 'No Available Credit Elsewhere' your loan
is at 2.68% for 30 years. If you have 'Credit Available Elsewhere'
the loan is basically a fixed mortgage, 5.24% for
30 years. (I'm 58, so that is not an option).

And, my insurance company repudiated any claims for
groundwater damage, flood damage etc. Basically, my flooding
was caused by hydrostatic pressure from a very high water
table, not river flooding, but it was the same rain event. But
they said 'you are on your own'. To add insult to injury, my
broker noted 'the insurance company wins again' and later
said he had felt bad about telling this to the first few people
who called, but he didn't feel bad about it anymore.

Needless to say, after I get myself squared away, he will be
made redundant.

Business owners here locally experienced about the same level of
help, a guy I know had half a million in inventory
damaged, he got 50k and a possibility to borrow from SBA
for the balance.

So basically, I will be out of pocket 11,500 bucks from this
rainstorm.

I fixed the septic issues myself, but I don't expect repairs to
be complete before the end of the summer.

Anyway, I didn't lose my gear, but I have had to put it in
storage with a friend for now. Hope the FEMA info helps and
best of luck with the recovery process.

[RexNFX79]

Originally Posted by Thor

I feel for you guys, for sure.

We had the floods here back in late March. My basement got damaged
and the septic system failed.

The Pawtuxet River near work went 12 feet over its banks. FEMA set up
tents and the claims were on.

Here's a recap.

I had to rip out 900 sq. feet of carpeting, pad, and substrate
(particle board). I still have to figure out what to replace it all
with, painted concrete and tile has been suggested. I will be
surprised if the damages can be repaired for less that 10k.

You can start a claim on the FEMA website. They sent an
inspector within a week and a second inspector the following
week. That was on a Thursday. A check arrived that
Saturday for approximately 1300 dollars. It's about 10%
of the bill but I will take it.

FEMA loans are obtainable through SBA. There are some
caveats. If you have 'No Available Credit Elsewhere' your loan
is at 2.68% for 30 years. If you have 'Credit Available Elsewhere'
the loan is basically a fixed mortgage, 5.24% for
30 years. (I'm 58, so that is not an option).

And, my insurance company repudiated any claims for
groundwater damage, flood damage etc. Basically, my flooding
was caused by hydrostatic pressure from a very high water
table, not river flooding, but it was the same rain event. But
they said 'you are on your own'. To add insult to injury, my
broker noted 'the insurance company wins again' and later
said he had felt bad about telling this to the first few people
who called, but he didn't feel bad about it anymore.

Needless to say, after I get myself squared away, he will be
made redundant.

Business owners here locally experienced about the same level of
help, a guy I know had half a million in inventory
damaged, he got 50k and a possibility to borrow from SBA
for the balance.

So basically, I will be out of pocket 11,500 bucks from this
rainstorm.

I fixed the septic issues myself, but I don't expect repairs to
be complete before the end of the summer.

Anyway, I didn't lose my gear, but I have had to put it in
storage with a friend for now. Hope the FEMA info helps and
best of luck with the recovery process.

Freaking insurance companies! There was a guy on the local news last night that had just bought his house, was told he didn't need and couldn't buy flood insurance at a reasonable rate, still bought it, paid a premium price for it, and when his house flooded the insurance company told him that it takes 30 days for the policy to become active. He was 8 days away when the flood came. I'm not saying that all insurance companies are evil or anything but &%*#!

[Ewo]

OMG.

My best to all TBers affected by this.

[RexNFX79]

A friend sent me this. This picture was taken on a highway about an hour south of Nashville. It's amazing what water can do.

[Paul Warburton]

I called the great drummer Jim White who's living here now for some upcoming dates with me.
He was in Nashville when the flood hit doing some dates with Alison Krauss. His home there is okay and he said Barry Bales is cool but that our Ike Harris isn't so fortunate. Lost his home with a Steinway piano, etc.
I'll PM IKE and message him on Facebook and hope for the best for him.......