The Nashville-area flood, in pictures

[deckeda]

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05...essee.html

And The Tennessean's home page of course has lots of info: http://www.tennessean.com/

[Lew Zealand]

A friend of mine at Vanderbilt sent me some pics she took from her front step during and after the flooding. It left me wondering why they built a city right in the middle of a river. :dunno:

Luckily for her while her entire yard and the whole street is under water, the houses are built on the local high points of the land so no water inside. Just barely.

[freeradical]

Aren't most cities built either by a river or lake?

[C(-)ris]

freeradical wrote:
Aren't most cities built either by a river or lake?

Yes, because the rivers and lakes were used for commerce. That was the way to get things in and out of town. Lots of people worked the river. They still are, but they are not as significant anymore to daily living.