Filed under: North America, United States, Traveling the American Road
A few days after I explored vibrant post-flood New Orleans, reborn and bustling in the wake of the storm nobody's forgotten, I found myself in the lobby of the Gaylord Opryland in Nashville, the largest non-casino hotel in the country.
It's home to the famed Grand Ole Opry, the shrine of country music, and sits along the Cumberland River, which poured over its banks last year, flooding the city and causing more than a billion dollars of damage in an event so severe it's forecast to happen only once every thousand years.
More than nine inches of rain fell on Nashville in 24 hours. By May 3, 2010, the hotel was no longer on the banks of the river. It was in the river.Continue reading After The Flood: Nashville's Rebuilt Gaylord Opryland HotelAfter The Flood: Nashville's Rebuilt Gaylord Opryland Hotel originally appeared on Gadling on Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink | Email this | Comments
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