re: Deadly Nashville Tornado kills 22

Went out during my lunch break. Parts of East Nashville look like a war broke out. Random guardrails that have been transported maybe miles out of the way. Telephone poles ripped clean in half and hanging over the middle of the streets by the wires. The top golf netting is all gone. Trees uprooted/snapped in half.

Well I got news my Hermitage house got no damage, but two blocks over the neighborhood got hit hard. Our office in Mt Juliet got minimal damage, but there is no utilities, and impossible to get there. My principal broker said Mt Juliet was annihilated. Just have to rebuild one property at a time. Nashville is resilient, I’ll do my part. But it’s going to take years. I met with my crews early today and told them get ready.

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Wow. Good luck..... Prayers sent.

I’ve read some posts were some have said they did or didn’t hear the sirens. I hope nobody goes by those outdated things. Meteorologists say all the time to get a NOAA Weather Radio and/or a weather app for your phone. Sirens are only for people who are outside not near a tv or radio. I have both and it will tell me how close I am to one.

I have a siren like a block away, thing is piercing loud. They also said they just updated them to be more accurate.

They did go off before this tornado got my area and we were sheltered in time because of it.

Well everywhere isn’t as fortunate as your town. I know of many times my city was way late sounding them. I’ve heard stories of people killed cause they didn’t hear sirens. Sometimes they don’t warn enough in advance.

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I'm at a total loss. Still in a daze from it all. I live 1.5 blocks north of the path through Germantown. My place is fine and I'm safe thankfully. Have some friends in East who got blown out but are safe.

The phone alert woke me up and sirens outside were loud. By the time I pulled up the live weather feed, heard my neighborhood mentioned, and put on some pants before heading into the hall, there was probably less than a minute before I felt/heard the hum and lost electricity. The notice was very short.

It looks like a total warzone. I can't believe how the core of East was devastated. I feel for all of the families with homes and businesses decimated in the region. Germantown and East Nashville are getting a lot coverage, but there's a whole lot of lower income single family homes in North Nashville that were in the line of fire before it got to Germantown. I'm really concerned for those folks who may not have the means to rebuild or are stuck with absentee landlords.

Mostly feeling grateful for a lot of things in life today and hopeful about the strong community here.

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