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Taken during Nashville's May 2010 flood and the months-long recovery process, these images are available for editorial and fine art usage.
  • As heavy rains inundate the middle Tennessee area on the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010, the Wellington Square--one of many such neighborhoods undergoing difficulties-- Donelson neighborhood of east Nashville struggles with overwhelmed storm drains and rising waters.

  • As heavy rains inundate the middle Tennessee area on the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010, the Wellington Square--one of many such neighborhoods undergoing difficulties-- Donelson neighborhood of east Nashville struggles with overwhelmed storm drains and rising waters.

  • As heavy rains inundate the middle Tennessee area on the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010, the Wellington Square--one of many such neighborhoods undergoing difficulties-- Donelson neighborhood of east Nashville struggles with overwhelmed storm drains and rising waters.

  • As heavy rains inundate the middle Tennessee area on the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010, the Wellington Square--one of many such neighborhoods undergoing difficulties-- Donelson neighborhood of east Nashville struggles with overwhelmed storm drains and rising waters. A section of this wood fence was washed away as the water level continued to rise.

  • As heavy rains inundate the middle Tennessee area on the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010, the Wellington Square--one of many such neighborhoods undergoing difficulties-- Donelson neighborhood of east Nashville struggles with overwhelmed storm drains and rising waters. This home has muddy water swirling at their back porch door.

  • As heavy rains inundate the middle Tennessee area on the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010, the Wellington Square--one of many such neighborhoods undergoing difficulties-- Donelson neighborhood of east Nashville struggles with overwhelmed storm drains and rising waters.

  • As the muddy waters of the Cumberland River continue to rise--because of record rainfalls during the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010--the families of Miami Drive, on the banks of the Cumberland near Opryland Hotel, work to prepare their homes for rising waters.

  • As the muddy waters of the Cumberland River continue to rise--because of record rainfalls during the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010--the families of Miami Drive, on the banks of the Cumberland near Opryland Hotel, work to prepare their homes for rising waters.<br /> <br /> Just hours after this photo was taken, these homes were inundated as the dam at Percy Priest Lake was opened.

  • As the muddy waters of the Cumberland River continue to rise--because of record rainfalls during the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010--the families of Miami Drive, on the banks of the Cumberland near Opryland Hotel, work to prepare their homes for rising waters.<br /> <br /> Just hours after this photo was taken, the residents were evacuated by boat from their homes by local officials...with the Cumberland's muddy waters still rising.

  • As the muddy waters of the Cumberland River continue to rise--because of record rainfalls during the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010--the families of Miami Drive, on the banks of the Cumberland near Opryland Hotel, work to prepare their homes for rising waters.<br /> <br /> Just hours after this photo was taken, these residents were evacuated by boat from their homes by local officials...with the Cumberland's muddy waters still rising.

  • As the muddy waters of the Cumberland River continue to rise--because of record rainfalls during the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010--the families of Miami Drive, on the banks of the Cumberland near Opryland Hotel, work to prepare their homes for rising waters.<br /> <br /> Just hours after this photo was taken, the residents were evacuated by boat from their homes by local officials...with the Cumberland's muddy waters still rising.

  • As the muddy waters of the Cumberland River continue to rise--because of record rainfalls during the weekend of May 1 and 2, 2010--the families of Miami Drive, on the banks of the Cumberland near Opryland Hotel, work to prepare their homes for rising waters.<br /> <br /> Just hours after this photo was taken, the residents were evacuated by boat from their homes by local officials...with the Cumberland's muddy waters still rising.

  • Donelson Christian Academy (nestled on a curve in the Stone's River in the Donelson neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee) is flooded as the waters of the river continue to rise with record rainfall recorded for the area. <br /> <br /> Waters continued to rise, and by nightfall, the buildings in the distance were almost completely submerged.

  • Donelson Christian Academy (nestled on a curve in the Stone's River in the Donelson neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee) is flooded as the waters of the river continue to rise with record rainfall recorded for the area. <br /> <br /> Waters continued to rise, and by nightfall, the waters were as high as the crossbar of the football goal and still rising.

  • Donelson Christian Academy (nestled on a curve in the Stone's River in the Donelson neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee) is flooded as the waters of the river continue to rise with record rainfall recorded for the area. <br /> <br /> Waters continued to rise, and by nightfall, the waters were as high as the crossbar of the football goal and still rising.

  • Neighbors and DCA student body families look on as the small wooden bridge that spans a small creek on the DCA campus floats off in the current of the flood waters from the Stones River.

  • As the rain continued to fall, the elementary playground of the Donelson CHristian Academy is swallowed up in the overflow of the Stones River.

  • The view looking across the campus of Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville, TN, as the flood waters of the Stones River swamp the parking lot, playgrounds and first floor of the private school on May 2, 2010.

  • Children wade through the rising waters of the Stones River on the campus of the Donelson Christian Academy, Nashville, TN.

  • As the rain continues to fall and the Stones River continues to rise, the parking lots, play grounds and first story of the Donelson Christian Academy are overwhelmed by the rushing, muddy waters on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

  • As the waters of the Stones River continue to rise, the campus of the Donelson Christian Academy is inundated with the dirty, swirling water, forcing teachers, parents, students and others to evacuate and to move furniture, supplies, etc., to the upstairs level of the school in hopes of salvaging something.

  • The front entrance of Donelson Christian Academy is engulfed in the muddy waters of the Stones River, Nashville, TN, on May 2, 2010.

  • Ship Ahoy! A children's blue plastic wading pool floats past the roof of the snack shop at the football field of the Donelson Christian Academy, in Nashville, TN, as the waters of the Stones River overwhelm the campus on May 2, 2010.

  • A freshman at Donelson Christian Academy, Andrew Gentuso wades through muddy waters with his mother around the foundations of DCA in order to photograph the flood waters of the Stones River as it overwhelms his school campus on May 2, 2010.

  • The "Reserved for Student of the Week" sign in the parking lot of the Donelson Christian Academy is rapidly swallowed up by the rising flood waters of the Stones River on May 2, 2010, in Nashville, TN.

  • The "Reserved for Student of the Week" and "Visitors Parking" signs in the parking lot of the Donelson Christian Academy are rapidly swallowed up by the rising flood waters of the Stones River on May 2, 2010, in Nashville, TN.

  • The visitor bleachers at the football field of the Donelson Christian Academy, in Nashville, TN, are swallowed up by the muddy waters of the swollen Stones River on May 2, 2010, in Nashville, TN.

  • The "No Drop Off or Pick Up Parking" sign, located in front of the entrance to the Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville, TN, is rapidly swallowed up by the rising muddy waters of the Stones River on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

  • The football scoreboard as it is about to go under the rising flood waters of the Stones River on the campus of the Donelson Christian Academy, Nashville, TN, on May 2, 2010, with a blue, plastic kiddie wading pool floating past in the foreground.

  • The elementary playground of Donelson Christian Academy, situated next to the football stadium, is submerged as the flood waters of the Stones River continue to rise on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

  • Rain drops splatter rapidly on the muddy, rushing flood waters of the Stones River as it continues to rise--as gauged by the quickly disappearing parking lot signs on the campus of Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville, TN on May 2, 2010.

  • A sack of trash--from the school's dumpsters, now completely submerged--floats by the field goals of the Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville, TN, the muddy waters of the swollen Stones River swirling and mist rising as the sun sets on Sunday, the 2nd of May, 2010.

  • As night falls on the rain-ravaged campus of the Donelson Christian Academy in Nashville, TN, the swollen Stones River continues to climb on May 2, 2010.

  • An outdoor staircase to the portable classrooms in back disappears as the flood waters of the Stones River continue to rise on Sunday, May 2, 2010, on the campus of the Donelson Christian Academy.

  • Even the security of being build up on platforms (only two of more than a half dozen of these portables are build up, the others are unfortunately at ground level), this portable classroom is about to be inundated as the waters of the Stones River continue to rise rapidly on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

  • As the sun sets and night falls on the campus of the Donelson Christian Academy, Nashville, TN, mist rises and the muddy flood waters of the Stones River continue to rise, inundating the grounds and the first floor of the school on Sunday, May 2, 2010.

  • Andrew Gentuso, a freshman at the Donelson Christian Academy, walks the perimeter of his school as evening falls and the flood waters of the Stones River rise. Nashville, TN. May 2, 2010.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> Neither Flip-Flops nor sandals would suffice as residents of flood-stricken areas abandon them for boots.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> Paint begins to bubble as the deep damage done to houses in the flood waters of the Cumberland makes itself know.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> A flood victim folds freshly laundered linens on her back porch in the strong afternoon sunshine.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> An old "Slow Children" sign, rusted but still able to be read, survived the flood waters of the Cumberland River.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> Everything rescued from the flood waters or the Cumberland River took on a film of dirt--even the bicycles.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> The seat on this bicycle is covered in dried, cracked mud from the flood waters of the Cumberland River.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> Excited at the find, a flood survivor goes through a stack of her good dishes, thrilled to have found them intact--a little dirty, but intact none the less!

  • The gas company left door tags on the front doors of the houses...ironically, the tags state, "Sorry we missed you"!<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A lovely parquet floor will have to be pulled up and replaced.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Sopping wet magazines fill the bathtub of one of the flooded houses. <br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Home sweet home--the next step is the gutting of this home.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> A mother and two of her children glove up so as to begin the overwhelming job of sorting through the debris and muck and mess left after flood waters receded.

  • Happy to find her drinking glasses intact, this woman simply ignores the mud that coats them--leftover from the now-receded dirty flood waters of the Cumberland River.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A home owner on Miami, this woman stands in the doorway of her home surveying the disaster left after the flood waters of the Cumberland River returned to their banks.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Moving a large planter, the true color of the living room carpet shines out from the mud-soaked rest of the room.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Enjoying their nine lives, the house cats seemed not to have suffered while waiting for their owners to return to the flooded home--their little foot prints were all over the (un-flooded) upstairs!<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A home-owner walks out the kitchen door, through the mud and muck left by the flood waters of the Cumberland River.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Household items took a beating, most being worth the trash heap and not able to be salvaged, as the muddy waters of the Cumberland River swirled in and out of the homes on the banks of the usually quiet river.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • The bedroom of this little home on the river was especially dirty as the window on the back deck was broken, allowing outside muck to flow in.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> An angel plaque still hangs from the door knob next to the smashed glass fragments that still remain after the flood...piles of belongings, soaked and already starting to smell, are seen in the background.

  • An angel plaque still hangs from the door knob next to the smashed glass fragments that still remain after the flood...piles of belongings, soaked and already starting to smell, are seen in the background.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A homeowner on Miami Avenue points out the mark on the fireplace where the water reached when the Cumberland River flooded Nashville.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Upon first returning to their home, this woman and her husband found the kitchen table bobbing around the kitchen--the water had been so high that they had had to take a boat to get to their home--with a vase of tulips still sitting in the middle of the table, completely undamaged!<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • As neighbor greets neighbor, words of encouragement are shared.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Assisting with an elderly family member's home, this woman tugs out one more trash bag for the garbage heap...prized possessions stuffed in along side rotten food.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Books did not fare well after the attack of the flood waters of the Cumberland River.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Volunteer help-from all across the state and even from out of state--has been essential in the clean up efforts in flood-ravaged areas of Nashville.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Yellow ribbons were tied by rescue personnel to mark each home as having been checked for survivors.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Family and church friends make the job of throwing away your belongings just that much easier!<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Volunteers and homeowners work side-by-side to get houses emptied quickly so carpets and flooring and dry walls can be torn out before more damage is done to the structures.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Boots--as in RAIN boots--were the fashion of the day down on Miami Avenue as volunteers showed up in droves.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Scriptures written on studs before this house was completed are again visible with the dry wall down... This one says that the wise man builds his home on the Rock and then has no reason to fear the heavy rains and flooding.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • With little other furniture left in the home, these two dresser drawers sit in the still wet mud left by the flood waters of the Cumberland River. Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A tin tub sitting on the rail of the back deck is filled with water...the question is whether it is rainwater or flood water!!<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • As the flood waters receded, residents found their belongings strewn throughout the neighborhood and in one another's yards and in the woods surrounding this eclectic community.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Unfortunately, many irreplaceable items were lost in this unexpected flood...family photos among other things.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A sign in one of the flooded homes on the bank of the Cumberland RIver states, "Growing in Grace".<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Some keepsakes were able to be salvaged...others were not, unfortunately. The waters of the raging, flooded Cumberland River wrecked havoc with things like photographs.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Unbroken but silent, this homeowner tells of the search that took place in order to find a duplicate of an old music box--just like her mother's.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Going through the wet, nasty contents of the house after the flood waters have receded means looking at each object and asking yourself, "Keep it or pitch it?" Keep it then entails deciding what needs to be done to restore the item to its original state--or something close enough to earn the label "keeper".<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A volunteer who has worked long, hard hours pulling down sodden drywall takes a quick break to send a text message.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Some people just have a heart to help out those in need, as was evidenced by this volunteer--wearing a tee-shirt from another disaster relief effort in which she participated. The May flooding in the middle Tennessee region brought out these helpful folk everywhere you looked!<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A home-owner pages through the three-ring binder of ideas--sketches, photos, magazine articles--she and her husband collected as they planned and built their lovely home on the Cumberland.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A child's green rain boot snuggles in the muck and mud with a Christmas ornament--a snowman figurine--in what was the garage of one of the homes on Miami. <br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A young man diligently works to remove swollen flooring from his in-laws home. <br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Many of the appliances in the flooded homes throughout the region shorted out and will need to be replaced. Amazingly, there were a few out there that continued to function even while partially submerged--a potential electrocution hazard.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • You know the file or folder or drawer--you have one, too--that spot where you tuck all of those contracts, papers, bills, receipts, etc., that come your way... Grandma sits on her front porch with all of the destruction/construction taking place around her, slowly and carefully peeling page from page to see what needs to be laid out to dry and what can be tossed.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • You know the file or folder or drawer--you have one, too--that spot where you tuck all of those contracts, papers, bills, receipts, etc., that come your way... Grandma sits on her front porch with all of the destruction/construction taking place around her, slowly and carefully peeling page from page to see what needs to be laid out to dry and what can be tossed.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A birth certificate is hung out on the valence in the kitchen to dry in this flood ravaged home.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Photos pulled out from the muck and mire, set out to dry in hopes that they will be fine.... <br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A life-time of photos are spread out on the grass to dry in the sunshine in hopes that they will be okay...<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • A family member works on removing old family photos from a plastic sleeve in an album without ruining the flood-water soaked photos.<br /> <br /> Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.

  • Image taken on Miami Avenue in the Donelson/Opryland area of Nashville, TN, on May 7, 2010.<br /> <br /> Pastor Rob Morgan of the Donelson Fellowship stops for a moment to chat with a church member and flood victim.

  • Helping to remove nails which once held drywall up in this relatively new home on the Cumberland River, this lovely little lady keeps focused without input from the grown ups around her. She simply goes from room to room and looks for nails so that she gets them out--and all with a lovely smile!<br /> <br /> These photos were taken on Miami Avenue in Nashville, near Opryland Hotel, and are copyighted. Please do not use without permission.

  • Helping to remove nails which once held drywall up in this relatively new home on the Cumberland River, this lovely little lady keeps focused without input from the grown ups around her. She simply goes from room to room and looks for nails so that she gets them out--and all with a lovely smile!<br /> <br /> These photos were taken on Miami Avenue in Nashville, near Opryland Hotel, and are copyighted. Please do not use without permission.

  • Homeowners work together to remove all of the ruined drywall possible before calling in professional help with the reconstruction. <br /> <br /> These images were taken in Nashville, Tennessee and are copyrighted.

  • A child's toy truck is stuck in the mud--no telling whose it was or how far down the river it was tossed about in the muddy flood waters before coming to resting place in the Miami Avenue neighborhood!

  • A child's wooden play structure is all messed up after having been uprooted by the flood waters of the Cumberland River and moved across the yard to where it came to a rest up against some of the trees there.

  • A child's basketball goal was picked up and moved a ways in the strong current of the Cumberland River as it overflowed her banks. <br /> <br /> Photo taken on Miami Avenue in the Opryland/Briley Pkwy area of Nashville, TN, on May 2 and 3rd, 2010.

  • A child's little red wagon came to rest amidst other debris in a backyard after the flood waters of the Cumberland River receded.<br /> <br /> Photo taken on Miami Avenue in the Opryland/Briley Pkwy area of Nashville, TN, on May 2 and 3rd, 2010.

  • The people in this wooded neighborhood have found many personal belongings here and there in the woods, these things having been snagged on trees and bushes from the muddy waters of the Cumberland River. An old red cooler came to rest in what is still a muddy lake in the back of several of the residences yards.<br /> <br /> Photo taken on Miami Avenue in the Opryland/Briley Pkwy area of Nashville, TN, on May 2 and 3rd, 2010.

  • Employees from a local Pizza Hut carefully drove through the congested neighborhoods where so much damage and destruction occurred, giving out free pan pizzas to those working to clean up post-flood.<br /> <br /> Photo taken on Miami Avenue in the Opryland/Briley Pkwy area of Nashville, TN, on May 2 and 3rd, 2010.

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