Flood Cleanup At Our Creek

It has been almost a month since the 2010 flood of Nashville. Carey drives past a mound of trash daily on her way to work. It gets higher and higher. They are trying their best to get the debris out of the neighborhoods and onto one location before it goes to the landfill. So many homes have been destroyed or in need of a lot of work. A friend's house has been gutted. It received around 5 feet of water rising 2 floors. She's the one trapped in her house over night with her dogs and no communication. With good friend's help, carpet was removed and steps taken out, drywall cut out and the kitchen gutted. Now, she waits and waits for the insurance, FEMA and help. Samaritan's Purse has 2 stations and Hands on Nashville is coordinating volunteers, along with churches and individuals. Today Cory and I decided to take Elijah over to the bridge that was covered with water a month ago. Now there is less than a foot of water in that creek. However, twigs, branches, logs, and other debris covered half of the bridge. Elijah has his two little hand trowels and we took the big shovel over to start some cleanup. We were able to shovel most of it off onto the bank, away from the water. I'll go back with the push broom to finish our job. Only one board came up and stuck on a tree trunk, and a board at the very end of the bridge came off. Other than that, the bridge is intact.