Send 'em to Millington Tn . Levee on the navy base breached , up to 12 feet
of water in places on the east side of town . Our son and DIL were among
those displaced , looks right now like all they got out with is the clothes
on their backs and their pets ... and a Dodge Durango that's been half full
(over the seats ...) of water .
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

Snag wrote:
Send 'em to Millington Tn . Levee on the navy base breached , up to 12 feet
of water in places on the east side of town . Our son and DIL were among
those displaced , looks right now like all they got out with is the clothes
on their backs and their pets ... and a Dodge Durango that's been half full
(over the seats ...) of water .

I lived there when going to electronics school in the Navy.
We called it Mud Flats then.
Guess they will call it that now too...





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Richard Lamb
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb/

cavelamb wrote:
Snag wrote:
Send 'em to Millington Tn . Levee on the navy base breached , up to
12 feet of water in places on the east side of town . Our son and
DIL were among those displaced , looks right now like all they got
out with is the clothes on their backs and their pets ... and a
Dodge Durango that's been half full (over the seats ...) of water .

I lived there when going to electronics school in the Navy.
We called it Mud Flats then.
Guess they will call it that now too...

They may call it closed ... We've heard rumors that over 80% of the
buildings on the base are damaged/destroyed . What we do know for sure is
that the trailer our son and d-i-l were in has been totally underwater -
tainted with sewage and gasoline .
We figger it's a total loss . I don't think I would really want anything
outta there .

--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

cavelamb wrote:

Snag wrote:
Send 'em to Millington Tn . Levee on the navy base breached , up to 12 feet
of water in places on the east side of town . Our son and DIL were among
those displaced , looks right now like all they got out with is the clothes
on their backs and their pets ... and a Dodge Durango that's been half full
(over the seats ...) of water .

I lived there when going to electronics school in the Navy.
We called it Mud Flats then.
Guess they will call it that now too...


Are we talking about NAS Memphis? If so, I was there once upon a long time ago.

Wes

Wes wrote:
cavelamb wrote:

Snag wrote:
Send 'em to Millington Tn . Levee on the navy base breached , up to
12 feet of water in places on the east side of town . Our son and
DIL were among those displaced , looks right now like all they got
out with is the clothes on their backs and their pets ... and a
Dodge Durango that's been half full (over the seats ...) of water .

I lived there when going to electronics school in the Navy.
We called it Mud Flats then.
Guess they will call it that now too...


Are we talking about NAS Memphis? If so, I was there once upon a
long time ago.

Wes

Yup , that would be the place . D-I-L and I rode out there this afternoon
(son's at work) and it's pretty bad . Some roads still under water , all the
creeks and rivers are still over their banks . And the stench is horrible ,
there was sewage in that water ... the trailer park they were in has been
quarantined .
We've heard rumors that over 80% of the buildings on base are
damaged/destroyed , but that's unsubstantiated . We do know that the water
was over the railroad tracks . There are piles of rock along the roadbed to
keep it from washing out ...
--
Snag
It's crowded now
at my house ...

"Snag" wrote:

Are we talking about NAS Memphis? If so, I was there once upon a
long time ago.

Wes

Yup , that would be the place . D-I-L and I rode out there this afternoon
(son's at work) and it's pretty bad . Some roads still under water , all the
creeks and rivers are still over their banks . And the stench is horrible ,
there was sewage in that water ... the trailer park they were in has been
quarantined .

I never knew it was in a flood zone.

We've heard rumors that over 80% of the buildings on base are
damaged/destroyed , but that's unsubstantiated . We do know that the water
was over the railroad tracks . There are piles of rock along the roadbed to
keep it from washing out ...

I heard over 16" of rain has hit the area. That sounds like a monsoon instead of a storm.

It's crowded now
at my house ...

Heh Dad, be glad you can help them out. Hopefully you can quickly move them out too after
it is over.

Wes

Wes wrote:
"Snag" wrote:

Are we talking about NAS Memphis? If so, I was there once upon a
long time ago.

Wes

Yup , that would be the place . D-I-L and I rode out there this
afternoon (son's at work) and it's pretty bad . Some roads still
under water , all the creeks and rivers are still over their banks .
And the stench is horrible , there was sewage in that water ... the
trailer park they were in has been quarantined .

I never knew it was in a flood zone.

We've heard rumors that over 80% of the buildings on base are
damaged/destroyed , but that's unsubstantiated . We do know that the
water was over the railroad tracks . There are piles of rock along
the roadbed to keep it from washing out ...

I heard over 16" of rain has hit the area. That sounds like a
monsoon instead of a storm.

It's crowded now
at my house ...

Heh Dad, be glad you can help them out. Hopefully you can quickly
move them out too after it is over.

Wes

We just found out it hasn't even been declared a "disaster area" . Mayor
and other officials are now claiming the levees did NOT breach - in the face
of videos that show them breaking . FEMA "might" be here in 7-10 daze ...
meanwhile there is also a rumor , unsubstantiated , the the Corp of
Engineers opened the flood gates ... and that some people were warned what
was coming . One Millington PD was reportedly seen early in the morning
loading belongings into several trucks .
Might be time to retain legal counsel ...
--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

"Snag" wrote:

It's crowded now
at my house ...

Heh Dad, be glad you can help them out. Hopefully you can quickly
move them out too after it is over.

Wes

We just found out it hasn't even been declared a "disaster area" . Mayor
and other officials are now claiming the levees did NOT breach - in the face
of videos that show them breaking . FEMA "might" be here in 7-10 daze ...
meanwhile there is also a rumor , unsubstantiated , the the Corp of
Engineers opened the flood gates ... and that some people were warned what
was coming . One Millington PD was reportedly seen early in the morning
loading belongings into several trucks .
Might be time to retain legal counsel ...

IIRC, you got 16" of rain. That would drown the place with the levee's intact.

FEMA should be there. TN is getting equal coverage with Gulf Coast and the oil slick on
FoxNews. At work I was seeing your pain on CNN on the tv in the lunchroom.

I know things are bad in TN from up here in MI.

Wes

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"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller