No Whistlin' Tonight in Dixie

While the oil spill in the Gulf has dominated news coverage, we here in middle Tennessee are being ignored by the national media. A good portion of the county I live in is underwater. We were spared any damage but some very close to us weren't so lucky. The Opryland Hotel is flooded. The Grand Ole Opry is flooded. Interstates are closed. Houses, cars, businesses are underwater and no one is paying us any attention.

I'm a big believer in helping when you can. It's our duty to our fellow man to help when others are in trouble. We  donated to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Relief Fund and so did millions of Americans. The money will help rebuild schools, repair roads, build new infrastructure, house the homeless. But where is the outpouring of money to help do those things here? The President didn't so much as mention the flooding here today. Keith Olbermann of MSNBC summed it up perfectly: Flooded and Forgotten. Indeed.