{"id":560,"date":"2010-05-06T10:23:36","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T10:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/why-are-we-ignoring-the-nashville-disaster.html"},"modified":"2010-05-06T10:23:36","modified_gmt":"2010-05-06T10:23:36","slug":"why-are-we-ignoring-the-nashville-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/roddreher\/2010\/05\/why-are-we-ignoring-the-nashville-disaster.html","title":{"rendered":"Why are we ignoring the Nashville disaster?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Until I saw it on Sullivan’s blog<\/a>, I had no idea that Nashville had been massively walloped by a flood this past week. Nashville sportswriter Patten Fuqua wonders<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Cumberland River crested at its highest level in over 80 years. Nashville had its highest rainfall totals since records began. People drowned. Billions of dollars in damage occurred. It is the single largest disaster to hit Middle Tennessee since the Civil War. And yet…no one knows about it.
\nDoes it really matter? Eventually, it will…as I mentioned, there are billions of dollars in damage. It seems bizarre that no one seems to be aware that we just experienced what is quite possibly the costliest non-hurricane disaster in American history. The funds to rebuild will have to come from somewhere, which is why people need to know. It’s hard to believe that we will receive much relief if there isn’t a perception that we need it.
\nBut let’s look at the other side of the coin for a moment. A large part of the reason that we are being ignored is because of who we are. Think about that for just a second. Did you hear about looting? Did you hear about crime sprees? No…you didn’t. You heard about people pulling their neighbors off of rooftops. You saw a group of people trying to move two horses to higher ground. No…we didn’t loot. Our biggest warning was, “Don’t play in the floodwater.” When you think about it…that speaks a lot for our city. A large portion of why we were being ignored was that we weren’t doing anything to draw attention to ourselves. We were handling it on our own.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That speaks a lot for our city.<\/i> It sure does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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