It’s been an intense and surreal moment in Nashville for the past week. Never seen anything like this here. Such an incredible amount of flooding – areas which are never subject to any kind of flooding became lakes and rivers.
I feel incredibly lucky that I came out unscathed. A few of my friends did have some property damage, however. And one of my friends was trapped in their home with no power for a few days. But even these episodes seem minor when I’ve heard about or seen pictures of how the flooding has effected others. Homes, businesses, property, and lives have been lost.
But what they are saying about the Nashville community coming together is true. Everyone has jumped in to lend help throughout the crisis. People in this community don’t wait until a crisis is over to get involved, they start acting as it happens. It is quite a unique group of people here.
Benefits and ways to help
There are a number of organizations providing relief. And this being a music town, naturally many of our local performing and recording artists have come together to raise several million dollars for these organizations already. Here’s where you can contribute:
If you’re in Nashville, here’s a list of the first wave of benefit concerts via Paste
Again, if you’re in Nashville, Hands On Nashville has a list of projects you can volunteer for. View the list here: HON List of Projects
If you’re outside of Nashville, you can still make donations to organizations such as The Red Cross, Salvation Army, and Second Harvest Food Bank. Here’s a list of contact info for making donations: http://www.wsmv.com/news/23448373/detail.html
Certainly more will be developing. We’ll try to continue to list benefit shows as more are organized. And if you’re organizing benefit concerts or relief efforts, please post them in the comments below – with links – or email the info to us at team@radicalnotion.net so that we can post it.
Photos used by permission of their respective owners. Top photo by: Rachael Moore. View the full set here: Nashville Flood. Second photo by: Keith Gallagher. View the full set here: Nashville Flood 2010.
–stinson
