Instead of whining, finger-pointing, and trying to score political points, the good people of central Tennessee are rolling up their sleeves and working hard to take care of their own. Some good-news items:
Friends help out former Vanderbilt University football coach George MacIntyre, who was driven out of his home by floodwaters on 2 May.
The Los Angeles Philharmonic is helping the Nashville Symphony replace musical instruments lost in the flood, specifically a grand piano.
Mike Gallagher is using his radio show to raise some money for flood relief.
Some celebrities are responding to the crisis with much-needed money. Taylor Swift has put up $500,000, CMA Fest is also planning to contribute half of its proceeds, and Jerry Seinfeld is turning his latest performance in Nashville into a benefit concert. A telethon hosted by one of the most popular of all country music stars, Vince Gill, raised $1.7 million, and NFL players and the owner of the Tennessee Titans collectively gave another $400,000. Sales of "We Are Nashville" T-shirts are booming as a way of raising funds for the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.
UPDATE: Amazing! ABC's "Good Morning America" put in a plug today [Friday, 14 May] for a benefit concert on Sunday the 16th for Nashville flood victims starring Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Brad Paisley, Keb 'Mo, and others.
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