End Times Watch: Nashville Is Underwater

AP

We will address that now. Add to our End Times Watch record rains and 50-feet-high-and-rising waters in Tennessee. The flooding has led to evacuations of downtown Nashville, including some-1,500 guests at the Gaylord Opryland Resort, and caused 21 or more deaths in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi.

The Cumberland River was expected to crest Monday afternoon at more than 11 feet above flood stage, and officials worried they may find more bodies in the rising floodwaters, reports the AP.

Electric power has been cut off to about 14,000 customers, and one of the city's two sewage treatment plants has been submerged, requiring residents to minimize water use except for drinking and cooking. One shopping center employed boats to do rescues in the parking lot yesterday.

Many homes were flooded to the rooftops, and although the rain has ended, officials anticipate weeks of cleanup.

"The news accounts of the Cumberland River rising today, with such bright blue skies, are quite disturbing," reports one Nashville resident. "We're watching on television as the huge Opryland mall and convention center (plus the Grand Ole Opry house) become flooded by the rising river. It's that eerie Katrina-like sunny day after the storm where the rising waters cause even bigger problems."

Thousands are currently taking refuge in emergency shelters. For a gauge of how bad it is, here's a building floating downstream: "I-24 is like a lake."

The Ryman Auditorium, where the ghost of Johnny Cash is probably playing this song right now, is in no immediate danger.