Who's going to Nashville May 1, 2010?

[Gulfbreeze]

GB, you guys safe? if you need any help cleanin up or anything just holler.

I'm good...dogs are a tad backed up though...

Thankfully I am high and dry but I really appreciate your offer, very "Buffetty".

[nashvilleparrothead]

not a problem GB, good to hear everything is alright. i was down at 96 and h'boro rd today helpin to pull cars out, pretty nasty over there.

[Bob Roberts]

Well, we had a super time at the show last night! I feel bad for all the people that are being affected due to the weather. We are getting ready to check out of our hotel, get some brunch, and try to head home towards Knoxville. Hopefully, I'll be posting on here soon that we've arrived home safely.

Hope you get home safe and sound!! I'll be anxious to hear your report of how the roads are between Nashville and Knoxville.....we opted to stay over one more night and head back to Sevierville tomorrow!

Did you make it out or are you stuck? I can't believe my eyes this morning watching the news. We had dinner before the concert at Joe's Crab Shack....the front entrance is completely under water now. We had lunch Saturday at Demo's and it is underwater as well. The Doubletree on 4th Ave. where we stayed has been evacuated and is taking on water as well now. I feel so bad for the city of Nashville and these people losing their homes and businesses. I hope all of you have made it out safely!

[dnw]

Hope the families and homes of the Nashville Coral Reefers are safe.

[irishcajunphan]

Well, we had a super time at the show last night! I feel bad for all the people that are being affected due to the weather. We are getting ready to check out of our hotel, get some brunch, and try to head home towards Knoxville. Hopefully, I'll be posting on here soon that we've arrived home safely.

Hope you get home safe and sound!! I'll be anxious to hear your report of how the roads are between Nashville and Knoxville.....we opted to stay over one more night and head back to Sevierville tomorrow!

Did you make it out or are you stuck? I can't believe my eyes this morning watching the news. We had dinner before the concert at Joe's Crab Shack....the front entrance is completely under water now. We had lunch Saturday at Demo's and it is underwater as well. The Doubletree on 4th Ave. where we stayed has been evacuated and is taking on water as well now. I feel so bad for the city of Nashville and these people losing their homes and businesses. I hope all of you have made it out safely!

Mr. Irishcajun works near the double tree at 4th and Union. He had to go move their computers out late last night. He is now going to attempt to go down there to work. I told him of the flooding, but as a man. . . .he has decided to try to get down there. I have to go take a quick shower due to water conservation issues. We are being asked to conserve due to pumping and water stations being flooded. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

[CheeseHead in Paradise!]

Sending Phin Power and prayers to all those affected by the devasting flooding.

[LandSharkEric]

Mr. Irishcajun works near the double tree at 4th and Union. He had to go move their computers out late last night. He is now going to attempt to go down there to work. I told him of the flooding, but as a man. . . .he has decided to try to get down there. I have to go take a quick shower due to water conservation issues. We are being asked to conserve due to pumping and water stations being flooded. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Holy smokes. Can't believe the hotel was evacuated -- we were just there yesterday morning!!!! All the best to you and Mr. Irishcajun. He's a trooper to be down there at work. I'll tell you -- if the downtown area looked like that, and the mayor himself had encouraged people to skip work -- I'd probably listen!!! But kudos for him, someone's got to be down there.

Can't believe what Nashville looks like today. Unreal. It is validating my decision to get up and get out yesterday. The missus and I had planned to have breakfast somewhere, make a stop at Trader Joe's (we don't have them in Birmingham) but after I watched half an hour of weather reports yesterday AM, I turned to her and said "we're out of here."

I-65 southbound was fine to B'ham. One spot under the I-440 overpass flooded -- NB lanes completely shut, SB side narrowed to a single lane. But other than that, we got home without incident.

[capnrick]

Capn rick and tracie made it home. Left Gnashville at 11:15 a.m. rolled in the driveway at 9:20 last nite via I -40 (stopped 3 hrs till we reached the no go zone and were turned around. Tried to get to US 70 (nope). found one open convenience store where a local told us I 65 South was open. Found it 15 miles later and boogied on down to Pulaski TN (50 MPH most of the way in the teeth of a thunderstorm) to pick up US 64. Which was closed west of Selmer. backtracked to Selmer. headed down US 45 to try US 57.
Which I knew from Pickwick trips had low spots all along the Hatchie River. C-store local yahoo with 2 teeth said it was closed 'a buncha spots'.
Gave up on Tennessee and headed to Corinth on US 45. Picked up US 72 to collierville (I still have a chunck of fog I reached out and grabbed). Uneventful trip from there home to bartlett.

at least we were 'out of town' for the weekend. 6.12 in. in my rain gauge at home.
capn rick

p.s. the Beatles? the Beatles??

[citcat]

We made it home just fine. We had to travel north and west, and the roads weren't covered up that way. We DID travel over the Briley Parkway and were shocked to see it was under water. That was freaky. Now the water is up up up in downtown Nashville. How sad. I hope everybody else made it home ok. I know there were some who stayed put because the way home was unpassable.

On to happier stuff:

I was SHOCKED AND HAPPY to see BalconyGirls, BalconyGirls#2, and RagtopW WAYNE THERE !!! What a surprise they were !! I'm so glad I met a certain Auntie and friend and TikiBar. What fun you guys are ! And Tom and Pam and Marningritaguy (what a hugger you are !) and the Nashville Parrothead clubbers (Kat and PHMike) and the southern Illinois club (how cool are you guys with your matching shirts---all ninety thousand of you ! ). I love all you guys.

Tall Paul and Quincy and the rest of Ramajay Int. were amazing. What fun Rippy's was Saturday. I think Kristie likes shotskis. I must apologize to Paul for doing the falsetto singing along with "Walking In Memphis". Check out the youTube video of him doing that song and you will understand.

Three BN girls were sitting close to the stage and in the lights and I saw Jimmy wave at them. Yes I did.

And dnw and Karacal were on the big screen in a video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEHAW !!!!

Right now, I'm loving being a member of the Parrothead Nation.

[PHMike42]

Further weekend events report to be posted soon. Some photos of our pre-show party and concert are posted on our site at:
http://mcphins.com/2010/05/jimmy-buffet ... ay-1-2010/

Some Nashville flooding pics are here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keithgalla ... 9703/show/

[springparrot]

Hope the families and homes of the Nashville Coral Reefers are safe.

from facebook

Peter Mayer Hey to all of you who have been so considerate to inquire after our wellbeing here in Nashville after the incredible rainfall we had this weekend. We are fine, and send our best to those that didn't fair so well. I have never seen rain like this in my life. Below a quick pick on the way to pick up a de-humidifier. PM

Jim Mayer I'm ok! Thank you for your concerned emails! got off easy. 1 inch of water in basement. instruments ok, I'm ok. just ruined old photos etc.

[dnw]

We made it home just fine. We had to travel north and west, and the roads weren't covered up that way. We DID travel over the Briley Parkway and were shocked to see it was under water. That was freaky. Now the water is up up up in downtown Nashville. How sad. I hope everybody else made it home ok. I know there were some who stayed put because the way home was unpassable.

On to happier stuff:

I was SHOCKED AND HAPPY to see BalconyGirls, BalconyGirls#2, and RagtopW WAYNE THERE !!! What a surprise they were !! I'm so glad I met a certain Auntie and friend and TikiBar. What fun you guys are ! And Tom and Pam and Marningritaguy (what a hugger you are !) and the Nashville Parrothead clubbers (Kat and PHMike) and the southern Illinois club (how cool are you guys with your matching shirts---all ninety thousand of you ! ). I love all you guys.

Tall Paul and Quincy and the rest of Ramajay Int. were amazing. What fun Rippy's was Saturday. I think Kristie likes shotskis. I must apologize to Paul for doing the falsetto singing along with "Walking In Memphis". Check out the youTube video of him doing that song and you will understand.

Three BN girls were sitting close to the stage and in the lights and I saw Jimmy wave at them. Yes I did.

And dnw and Karacal were on the big screen in a video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEEHAW !!!!

Right now, I'm loving being a member of the Parrothead Nation.

WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO!!!! Glad you had a great time and got to see some BNers.

[SchoolGirlHeart]

Citcat, I saw your from across the room at Rippy's but by the time I waded across you were gone. Next time!!

I also saw popcornjack, NYCPORT, and assorted other Great Woods BNers on the big screen. Something about a hammock.....

[phjrsaunt]

Citcat, I saw your from across the room at Rippy's but by the time I waded across you were gone. Next time!!

I also saw popcornjack, NYCPORT, and assorted other Great Woods BNers on the big screen. Something about a hammock.....

Holy crap! poprcornjack and PORT were there!!!???? I'll need to catch up on details later.
had an adventure getting home...my sunroof drainage tubes things of course picked this weekend to be clogged up, so I had an inch of water INSIDED my car Saturday AND Sunday mornings. Was interesting to ride in car where it's raining outside AND inside. Made it home an hour or so ago (made a pitstop at brother's house last night). Whew. What a weekend. Glad I went? YOU BETCHA! More later,
Your pal,
Auntie

[phjrsaunt]

Good show in Nashville Sat nite even if things were soggy.
But the real news is somebody (I'll keep a secret maybe ) got lei'd in Nashville at our pre-concert party and then I get home (at 1am after finding 3 roads that can get me home are closed due to flooding) to find this Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nashville ... 4858427793
hmmmm . . . . coincidence or ???

....and to think I wasn't even carrying my scepter that day! Thanks for the great "divorce party"

[irishcajunphan]

I had a blast with all of you in Nashville. Glad you've all made it home safe. I just got back from helping out critters and people around the area. I can't believe the devastation. It will be much worse when the water recedes. It reminds me of New Orleans after Katrina but without the press coverage. I'll have pictures up on my facebook page in a bit from the show and from the flooding.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... ef38e38fde

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2 ... 553e696297

[PHMike42]

Good show in Nashville Sat nite even if things were soggy.
But the real news is somebody (I'll keep a secret maybe ) got lei'd in Nashville at our pre-concert party and then I get home (at 1am after finding 3 roads that can get me home are closed due to flooding) to find this Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nashville ... 4858427793
hmmmm . . . . coincidence or ???

....and to think I wasn't even carrying my scepter that day! Thanks for the great "divorce party"

Oh my - - Lei'd without sceptre protection? (did I just spill a secret? )
Great to meet y'all and I'm glad y'all got home safely.
Thanks a lot for the GREAT gift basket.

[irishcajunphan]

Mr. Irishcajun works near the double tree at 4th and Union. He had to go move their computers out late last night. He is now going to attempt to go down there to work. I told him of the flooding, but as a man. . . .he has decided to try to get down there. I have to go take a quick shower due to water conservation issues. We are being asked to conserve due to pumping and water stations being flooded. Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers.

Holy smokes. Can't believe the hotel was evacuated -- we were just there yesterday morning!!!! All the best to you and Mr. Irishcajun. He's a trooper to be down there at work. I'll tell you -- if the downtown area looked like that, and the mayor himself had encouraged people to skip work -- I'd probably listen!!! But kudos for him, someone's got to be down there.

Can't believe what Nashville looks like today. Unreal. It is validating my decision to get up and get out yesterday. The missus and I had planned to have breakfast somewhere, make a stop at Trader Joe's (we don't have them in Birmingham) but after I watched half an hour of weather reports yesterday AM, I turned to her and said "we're out of here."

I-65 southbound was fine to B'ham. One spot under the I-440 overpass flooded -- NB lanes completely shut, SB side narrowed to a single lane. But other than that, we got home without incident.

Mr. Irish Cajun is a travel agent. There are a lot of displaced people he's helping. I spoke to him a bit ago. He had a client wanting to know if her dog was ok at a boarding place prone to flooding. I had actually been out there to help evacuate a dog with a broken leg and was able to tell him that all was well, but the phones were out. Hopefully, we eased a pet owner's mind.

[carolinapiratechik]

Thanks for the updates on the flooding. I speak for many when I say that you all have beem weighing heavily on the minds of not only those who visit BN, but from people all across the nation. Just heard on the news that Charlotte, NC is sending some emergency response teams as I am sure many other communities will or already have done. Keep us all posted, be safe.

[SAVANNAH BEE]

The concert on Saturday night was spectacular as were all the nightclubs on Broadway...we had a fantastic time....
what great bands that played at the 20+ bars we visited Friday and Saturday night....Rippy's on Friday night was a blast...
really hot chicken wings cleared up my sinus!!! It was scary seeing all the cars just floating down the river
on the drive home on Sunday Thankfully we got home safely...I guess we were lucky to be driving I-65 North...
my prayers are with everyone and their pets in this horrible flooding....
take care all