Firegeezer Bill Schumm reports that is Shelby County, Tennessee’s Engine 69 on its side after being flipped while responding to one of scores of flooding calls on Saturday. Check out Bill’s site for an earlier picture with the crew sitting on top of the pumper waiting for help to arrive.
The video above shows how a house (reader Gavin Richardson points out it is actually a portable classroom)Â can travel much faster than a car or truck in flooding conditions.
Here’s more on the flooding from AP:
At least five people had died and hundreds were being evacuated Saturday as flooding was reported across Tennessee and heavy rains continued to pound the state, officials said.
The forecast called for more rain through the weekend.
The five deaths reported in Stewart, Davidson, Williamson and Carroll counties were storm related, but the exact causes of the deaths were not yet known, Jeremy Heidt, spokesman for the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency, said Saturday evening.
Hundreds of homes had been evacuated in Tennessee and shelters were being opened across the state for people stranded due to flooded roads.
Memphis received up to 10 inches or more of rain during the day and officials were warning that 4 – 8 more inches could fall overnight and into Sunday.
Heidt said crews were called out for swift-water rescues from Nashville to Memphis.
Here’s the description with this video: “Footage shot on Sunday May 2nd in Hendersonville, Tn. Boat rescue at the intersection of Wessington Pl. and Keystone Ln. Firetruck running through the overflowing bridge water on Wessington Pl. near Scotch St./Southburn Ave.”
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just an FYI. that isn’t a house going down the highway. technically speaking it’s a portable for a nearby small private school Lighthouse Christian which was just a stones throw from that creek bed. but since portables are basically modular homes for schools, who’s counting.