Nashville flood victims agonize: Rebuild or leave?

Tennessean | 06/06/2010 | Tennessean

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

Nashville flood victims agonize: Rebuild or leave?

[The Magical Mischief Tour]

The flood damaged at least 9,000 Nashville homes. So far, only 1,806 homeowners have filed for post-flood rebuilding permits, according to Metro codes department

Honestly I think alot of this is the result of the economy. How many of these folks were on unemployment, or are now unemployed because their employer was flooded out to and is one of the many who just decided to throw in the towel and call it quits. Instead of rebuilding and reopening.

I be many of them cannot afford to rebuild, the rest couldn't get a loan from the bank in this economy if they wanted one.

This is a mess.

[scooby321]

sad, I guess they are a red state.

[SLB]

I have to ask myself what our ancestors would have done?

[1raider1]

The city of Franklin, IN condemmed and bought about 100 houses that had stood for around fifty years after our “once in a century” flood. They are tearing them down and will not allow rebuilding in the area.

[Irenic]

I have to ask myself what our ancestors would have done?
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Put their nose to the grind-stone and rebuild.

[gdzla]

They packed it up and left Europe to make a new world for themselves.

[flowerplough]

Don't ask Haiti's Savior, Barack Obama, about Tennessee. He didn't even bother to vote "Present" there. But Sam Kinison, he wouldn't just vote "Present". He'd have an opinion. Sam would would probably suggest that they leave...

"You know, we've been coming here giving you food for about 35 years now and we were driving through the desert, and we realized there wouldn't BE world hunger if you people would live where the food is! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT!! UNDERSTAND THAT? ... NOTHING GROWS HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW HERE! Come here, you see this? This is sand. You know what it's gonna be 100 years from now? It's gonna be sand!"

[GnuHere]

Maybe if it were just closer to Hawaii, POTUS would be able to recognize TN as one of the 57 states...

[BushCountry]

They packed it up and left Europe to make a new world for themselves.

Democrats are lucky there isn’t a practical means of space travel, I would certainly leave this rock for a new world with conservative values.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

How many trips has POTUS taken down to Nashville to console those folks?
He’s been to the oil spill three times between golf games and partying.
Boy he is really concerned for the plight of Americans! /sarcasm on!

[SkyPilot]

Get the hell out! Go back to Germany, or Poland!

[pepsionice]

If this had happened in the 1920’s...folks would have packed up and left the affected areas. Nobody would have rebuilt.

[trebb]

It's rough without insurance coverage. After Katrina hit, I found out my "hurricane" policy didn't cover God pushing the ocean up into my house (4 miles away and 22' above sea level). No flod plain, so no flood insurance. I got $7,200.00 for $83,000.00 in loss/damages, which meant a lot of self-help.

Three weeks ago I finished my last interior room and I'm plum tuckered with having something waiting on my attention day in and day out.

For those that decide to go a similar route in Tennessee, my hats of to them and my prayers are flying.

[darkwing104]

The ignored are always the hardest hit...

[Perdogg]

If I would venture a guess, most of the areas hit are ‘blue’. Not that it shold make a difference.

[charles1252]

They have to look at it in a broader sense. What is the likelihood this will happen again? What will be the value of the home when restored versus what it costs to fix or sell as it is? What else could they do? Do they still have a job, or do they have better options available elsewhere?

[Caipirabob]

I have to ask myself what our ancestors would have done?

They would have started shooting at the British.

[Prospero]

Whoa. It’s hard enough not the THINK about Helen Thomas, the David Duke of the White House press corp. That picture saved me at least one cup of coffee, this morning.

[beckysueb]

I don’t quite understand your analysis but Nashville was a booming town before the flood. It will be again, too. The people here are a tough bunch and they we will survive.