This is not official or authoritative: merely anecdotal information being passed along.
Nashville Red Cross can be found here.
They have lists of shelters, etc. If you can possibly help, they need cash donations to support the operation. Every bit helps.
This is what OS knows, in summary--not authoritative words, only anecdotal.
Downtown Nashville is flooding as the Cumberland River rises. Mayor Dean has requested that no one who works downtown report for work--one would assume that certain crucial persons would be expected to report in (you know who you are)--as there is flood control and cleanup to undertake.
One of the major water treatment plants of Nashville is inundated, and the request has been made to limit water usage to essentials only--drinking/cooking/maintenance of life usage. The water supply is safe, but reduced.
One major Nashville Electric Service facility on the west side of Nashville has been inundated. Power is being restored, but it will take time.
The Bellevue community, on the west side of town, has been hit badly by flooding from the Harpeth River. I-40 from Bellevue to exit 143 is closed. At this writing, Tennessee Dept of Transportation shows all routes into Nashville from the west as flooded.
Franklin/Williamson County, south of Nashville, has been hit hard by flooding. The Harpeth River traverses much of the county and rose rapidly.
Cheatham County/Ashland City is inundated. The flood crest of the Cumberland River, downstream from Nashville, yet to be reached. It appears River Road between west Nashville and Ashland City has flooded at points.
Clarksville, TN/Montgomery County has experienced major flooding along the main route that parallels the Cumberland River. This is downstream of Ashland City.
On the north side of Nashville, Opryland Hotel was evacuated last night, and the entire complex has been flooded. The evacuation was orderly, well-coordinated, as the guests were removed to McGavock High School, with no injuries.
Perry County, to our west, was very hard-hit. Close friends checked in this morning, having lost literally everything, and grateful to be alive. Their next door neighbor's wife was drowned. There are many old-order Mennonite and Amish living in the valleys of Perry County, along the creeks and the Buffalo River. Many refuse to use TV and radio, so it remains to be seen how they fared. Our friends were in their boat, checking on their old-order neighbors.
In Dickson, our friend who run the B&B were overrun, and report no hotel rooms last night for about 100 miles. The Red Cross set up a shelter at Walnut Street Church of Christ.
No word yet from Humphreys County, but the county is home to the junction of the Buffalo, Duck and Tennessee Rivers, with many creeks feeding in. It can't be good.
The main east/west rail line was damaged on the west side of Bellevue.
The good news in all this is that all the moving parts of the State of Tennessee, City of Nashville, County Sherriffs, EMS, National Guard, Red Cross, etc. seem to be working smoothly. No panic, no Katrina-style scenes, no outbreaks of criminal activity. Volunteers are showing up with food at the shelters, launching their fishing boats to aid their neighbors. Churches have opened their doors, and friends and families are checking up on one another.
Local TV has done a good job, not whipping up hysteria, and not sticking mics in the faces of devastated survivors and asking them 'How does it feel?'
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