Readers of Cleaner barely would have recognized the Gaylord Opryland Hotel after the rains and floods that hit Nashville on the weekend of May 1-2.
Five months later, the businesses damaged by the flood have recovered or are rebuilding, and the City of Nashville is diligently inspecting its water and sewer infrastructure. Meanwhile, some members of the Pumper and Cleaner sectors had roles in the cleanup in the weeks immediately after the storm.
Almost underwater
The Opryland, Nashville’s largest hotel and for years the site of the Pumper & Cleaner Environmental Expo, was among the sites hit hardest. Hotel management evacuated about 1,500
