Same area was flooded in 1975. The Cumberland River is flanked by high banks (limestone cliffs) on the west bank here in the Pennington Bend area of the river. Opry Land is on the low bank and subject to flooding.
Not only did the Opry Land Hotel and Grand Ole Opry sustain flood waters but the Mills Company mall – Opry Mills Mall sustained the same flood damage.
The problem is areas south of Nashville flooded. This can be attributed to developers not making the necessary plans for water retention ponds in areas near the Harpeth and Little Harpeth Rivers.
… they probably added a “room relocation” surcharge and penalized customers who were no-shows. Hopefully they did reduce the cost of water in the room.
Tim, Unbelievable comment. Get your facts straight before you start making accusations. Name one municipality where required drainage plans contemplate 14 inches of rain in 48 hours. The previous 48 hr record in this area is 7 inches. This was a freak occurrence. If the lakes and rivers can’t hold the water, how big does a detention pond have to be to hold that much rain?
the developer did not take into account retention ponds needed in the event of a catastrophic flood event. I know I lived in Franklin.
Houston, Texas requires developers to handle a rain event of 20 inches in 24 hours. When you build that close to a river watershed you have to be overly cautious. I am not blaming any one but making an observation.
Also, Nashville Native, why did Metro allow development in the Mill Creek area of southeast Davidson County since the early 1960’s? Mill Creek has been a millstone on Metro’s development scheme since day, yet the planning commission allowed residential property built too close to its watershed. Same goes with Seven Mile Creek in the Crieve Hall area in the 1950’s.
Nashville is over built and this flood event just brings home all the birds home to roost.
There are no developments in this area where drainage was installed to handle the quantity of rain that we had. As to Fieldstone Farms, the developer built what was required (assuming proper inspections were done–and if not, the fault lies with Franklin and not the developer). If I recall correctly, the original developer of Fieldstone Farms went under and it took forever to ultimately get built out.
As an fyi if you have not seen it, the home at 3018 Burlington Pass in Fieldstone Farms exploded and burned Sunday night. Suspected gas leak with electrical ignition. Pictures of this and other consequences of the flood are at the Tennessean website. There are also many pictures and videos at the tv stations’ websites. One memorable shot is a house or barn, pretty much intact, lodged at the lock gate at Old Hickory Dam.
As to Nashville, there was an article not long ago about developers who went under before completing the infrastructure, but the crack codes dept in Nashville had let the performance bonds lapse to the tune of several million dollars.
will the employees recieve an income until the opryland reopens and what about the cars that are damaged in the parking lot i mean i saw the pix the parking lot is full and i mean FULL of water
Thank You
Jamie, With perfect timing a buddy’s son that was a cook in one of the restaurants at Opryland just left a week ago for a chef position. His buddies told him that they were laid off Monday with no compensation and told it would probably be at least four months before they were called back. Opryland had just finished a $500k to that kitchen.
Today (5/7) the CEO of Gaylord says that they are paying all employees 6 weeks of salary and full benefits. At the end of that time they will start bringing people back to help with reopening. He is encouraging the employees to use this time off to volunteer to aid in the relief and clean up effort.
Same area was flooded in 1975. The Cumberland River is flanked by high banks (limestone cliffs) on the west bank here in the Pennington Bend area of the river. Opry Land is on the low bank and subject to flooding.
Not only did the Opry Land Hotel and Grand Ole Opry sustain flood waters but the Mills Company mall – Opry Mills Mall sustained the same flood damage.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is calling it a 1,000-year event
event was 1975 and 1927 prior to that.
The problem is areas south of Nashville flooded. This can be attributed to developers not making the necessary plans for water retention ponds in areas near the Harpeth and Little Harpeth Rivers.
… they probably added a “room relocation” surcharge and penalized customers who were no-shows. Hopefully they did reduce the cost of water in the room.
Tim, Unbelievable comment. Get your facts straight before you start making accusations. Name one municipality where required drainage plans contemplate 14 inches of rain in 48 hours. The previous 48 hr record in this area is 7 inches. This was a freak occurrence. If the lakes and rivers can’t hold the water, how big does a detention pond have to be to hold that much rain?
the developer did not take into account retention ponds needed in the event of a catastrophic flood event. I know I lived in Franklin.
Houston, Texas requires developers to handle a rain event of 20 inches in 24 hours. When you build that close to a river watershed you have to be overly cautious. I am not blaming any one but making an observation.
Also, Nashville Native, why did Metro allow development in the Mill Creek area of southeast Davidson County since the early 1960’s? Mill Creek has been a millstone on Metro’s development scheme since day, yet the planning commission allowed residential property built too close to its watershed. Same goes with Seven Mile Creek in the Crieve Hall area in the 1950’s.
Nashville is over built and this flood event just brings home all the birds home to roost.
Houston also regularly gets 20 inches of rain in 24 hours… I don’t really think Nashville gets 14 inches of rain in 48 hours on a regular basis.
There are no developments in this area where drainage was installed to handle the quantity of rain that we had. As to Fieldstone Farms, the developer built what was required (assuming proper inspections were done–and if not, the fault lies with Franklin and not the developer). If I recall correctly, the original developer of Fieldstone Farms went under and it took forever to ultimately get built out.
As an fyi if you have not seen it, the home at 3018 Burlington Pass in Fieldstone Farms exploded and burned Sunday night. Suspected gas leak with electrical ignition. Pictures of this and other consequences of the flood are at the Tennessean website. There are also many pictures and videos at the tv stations’ websites. One memorable shot is a house or barn, pretty much intact, lodged at the lock gate at Old Hickory Dam.
As to Nashville, there was an article not long ago about developers who went under before completing the infrastructure, but the crack codes dept in Nashville had let the performance bonds lapse to the tune of several million dollars.
That makes sense as most companies do not cover ordinary payroll – only the necessary payroll to keep the business up and running.
will the employees recieve an income until the opryland reopens and what about the cars that are damaged in the parking lot i mean i saw the pix the parking lot is full and i mean FULL of water
Thank You
Jamie, With perfect timing a buddy’s son that was a cook in one of the restaurants at Opryland just left a week ago for a chef position. His buddies told him that they were laid off Monday with no compensation and told it would probably be at least four months before they were called back. Opryland had just finished a $500k to that kitchen.
Today (5/7) the CEO of Gaylord says that they are paying all employees 6 weeks of salary and full benefits. At the end of that time they will start bringing people back to help with reopening. He is encouraging the employees to use this time off to volunteer to aid in the relief and clean up effort.
Rus, you obviously don’t Know Gaylord!