It's Been 10 Years Since Nashville Experienced Its Most Devastating Flood In History
By Meghan Kraft|Published May 04, 2020
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Meghan Kraft
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Meghan Kraft loves to travel the world, but she makes her home right here in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a degree in English, and has worked in the digital marketing realm with companies such as Apartments.com, USA Today and HarperCollins Publishing.
It’s been ten years, almost to the day, since Nashville experienced one of its most devastating natural disasters in the city’s history. The Flood of 2010 rocked the community in a way that the contemporary city hadn’t yet known, and Music City banded together with a camaraderie that was revisited in March of 2020 after the Nashville tornadoes. As the city is yet again rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic that has gripped the world, Nashvillians are showing their salt by way of community response and care. The same folks that came together in 2010 are responding to the heartache of 2020 with grit and grace.
Although the present may be heavy with its own requirement, there’s something to be said of where Nashville has been and what it has become.