Historic Flood Hits Grand Ole Opry

[@laurenblainebamartistmgt]

My best friend, Jess Pierce, spent days helping to get instruments and all sorts of things to higher ground from Broadway, wading through 3 feet of water. And she’s a little thing of 5’3”! She was a history hero, in my eyes.

[@tulsatoolfool]

I am sorry that “national news media” did NOT cover this saga properly. Thanks for honoring the efforts of all the great people and what happened to you dear folks because of this terrible flood.

[@ish474]

She so engaging and knowledgeable we need more of this first hand info❤

[@joekellysux]

Not all heroes wear capes, thank you Brenda

[@bradrehn1007]

Thanks for sharing this link on the E. Nashville Rain video. Praise to the devoted and the work they do!!

[@bertvanmourik2345]

Ha ha. When I saw the headline I thought it had just happened and then I saw Otis friendly face and I knew it would be a historical event!! Phew

[@pueblobeefcorn2070]

That old Cumberland River is filthy dirty brown As it winds it's heartless way through the heart of this heartless town....D. Baird

[@71superchick]

Wow. I was living in Nashville during this flood. My friends were rescuing people in boats all around Music Valley.

[@TRHummer]

I'm sure there is plenty of oral history available about this event--some already harvested, some still floating around (ha! see what I did there?), but Brenda's perspective from the front lines, with so much knowledge about what was at stake, is invaluable. Like so much of your content, Otis, this interview is a treasure. Thank you for capturing it.

[@Harm5050]

Very grateful for her and everyone who worked to rescue and restore what they could. Must have been so hectic.

[@wittry2]

Brenda gave a great talk on a very serious endeavor! What an important rescue. She painted a great word picture that illustrated the seriousness of the situation they were in and continued to be in every time they turned around. What a valiant effort. Thanks, Brenda! Thanks, Otis.

[@trentflynn6568]

God bless her and the crew. Thank you for the video, Otis.. I first went to Nashville in 2012 with my brotha Scott. One of our first stops was the Ryman. & The place looked incredible. Thank you to everyone who contributed to the restoration. And to anyone else who restored the towns damage. Now, if they could only put back Ernest Tubbs Record Shop in it's original location ❤️🎼. Dang it

[@douglove2412]

Dolly in the lobby as the greeter for the rescuers. Perfect!

[@Lonnie.Macs.Garage]

Excellent interview Otis! Thanks for the great story Brenda!

[@andyford8359]

A big Thank you for all the people who work there ass off to preserve our history! We have enough assholes trying to wipe it out!

[@getAttr]

I remember how hardly any of the 2010 flood made it on the national news. Very strange.

[@jmarlowe87]

Wow, this brings back a ton of memories that hurt as much now as it did then thinking about all the things that was damaged and destroyed. But the bright side of the video is how amazing Brenda is and how passionate she is for preserving the history of the music.

[@jonham8469]

In 1974 I attended a powwow of the Creek Indians East of the Missiissipp in Cairo, Ga. I was a newspaper reporter at a newspaper in Columbus, Ga., and was dispatched to spend two days at the powwow and write a Sunday feature about it. In the course of that weekend I interviewed a guy named Neil McCormick, who was the chief of the Creeks West of the Mississippi. In the course of the interview he told me he played steel guitar for Hank Williams and invented the double-neck steel guitar, which was, he said, in the Opryland museum. When I got back to the office and was writing the story, I had my doubts he was telling me the truth, so I called the OpryLand museum. I doubt if I spoke with Brenda, but I told them what this guy had told me and about the steel guitar. “Oh, yes, it’s here in the museum, they told me.” So, I felt really bad doubting the great Neil McCormick.

[@drunk247]

That place always has great stories to tell.

[@cutback99]

Thank you for walking me through that - just visited the green room Fri night and saw that

[@zendixie]

I guess the circle will not be broken. She is a wonderful and amazing woman who I could talk to for hours or until she called security.

[@julesotis13]

well done....nice story told fro the heart thanks for sharing with us ...natrual storytelling with a humour honesty and intrigue...and a story deserving to be told ... and love your backdrop...i look forward to re-watching this at least 3 times...many manyy many gracias ot yall - stephen jules otis career rubin SJOCR

[@chasbushong]

Thank you for this incredible piece of history:

[@otisgibbs]

What do you remember about the 2010 flood that hit Nashville?

[@leighpennington2350]

I remember cars floating down the interstates and it was just A Nightmare of a Flood! Never wanna see that much Rain Ever Again! Thanks for This Video

[@ethangeorge1617]

The dam that was opened up also hit my hometown of Dyersburg,3 hours away from Nashville. One entire neighborhood was destroyed and has never been rebuilt. I rode in a pontoon boat down South Main Street.

[@wrp3621]

I’ve tried to give myself amnesia after losing just about eveything we owned. What I choose to remember is the outpouring of help from neighbors and friends who worked for days and weeks helping us after the fact. Ya can’t put a price on that.

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[@samhardy2038]

Great story!

[@bjorntannberg1581]

What a charming woman.

[@mitchmatthews6713]

That was a sad moment. I remember seeing photos of Broadway with a couple feet of water.

[@julesotis13]

id love to see Brenda give some tours or show some of her favorite collectibles she clearly has stuff knows things has tales

[@caseysmith544]

In 2011 there was a Missouri River Flood that did a bunch of damage further down the river from where I live in Pierre (Pier) South Dakota mainly Sioux Falls and Sioux City were worst hit of the towns on the river besides the small town of Ft Pierre (Ft Pier) South Dakota. It was also a big national headline like the Nashville floods but the one on Missouri was totally man created with the Oahe Dam not releasing water when the federal Army Corps of Engineers knew there was other water coming with high winter storms and since then other almost floods have not happened becuse they have been told to not keep the water at the max level ever on the northern side of the dam only since the 2011 mistake flooding people who live right on the river with a dock out a door most of who are rich enough to afford repairs.

[@TheRealRodStickler]

Got choked up when she talking about the circle being the one thing on the stage that was ok. I think of the song Will the Circle Be Unbroken and the many many times it has been played there. I have always believe that circle and that song are the message of the GOO. It is a message that hopefully all can open their hearts to no matter the God they believe in or if they even believe at all. Loved one pass and we remember them as we enjoy the next generation who will continue the legacy. God bless that part of Americana as much a part of our country as the flag itself.

[@Deach1956]

Hey Otis...is that furniture set the one Mike Bub talked about seeing in Jimmy Martin's carport??

[@BST501]

❤

[@Firekeeper61]

Wow! What a awesome presentation! Otis, You are treasure to so many of us.I could sit by a fire and put on a pot of Joe and listen to you for a few days! I would share my family recpies with you. much Love , to you and yours. Be Safe ✌️

[@darrellkinkade9205]

Hey Otis, "That Circle Of Maple" would make a good song title for U to write...

[@catheryndenton1766]

Unbelievable.

[@lorenzojoneson]

dang, basements down south?

[@julesotis13]

i spy my lil eye a kitty say my kitties more props to Brenda and of course Otis thanks again - SJOCR

[@christinemidora9514]

What year was this?

[@dogpaw775]

there's a film script in there.

[@bradc32]

very interesting.yes floods are the worst

[@jefferywilson1840]

So everything was saved nothing was lost,what was lost?

[@julesotis13]

meow miau good kitty who agrees this is a good talk great info told as it should be meow