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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | Man, my heart goes out to those people!! Living here on one of North America's better known flood plains (the Red River valley in southern Manitoba), I understand just how scary that much uncontrolled (uncontrollable...) water can be.
Until it actually happens to YOU, a person can't understand the desperation and hopelessness that comes with this kind of disaster... Our prayers are with them (and the Grand Ole Opry...). |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | It's all out at Opry Land. It's too bad but at least it isn't the Rhyman. |
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Location: East Tennessee | I've seen some pictures of The Opryland Hotel they got hit pretty bad. Minor damage at the Country Music Hall Of Fame.
I wonder if Gruhn Guitars moved some of their inventory to higher ground. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | They could leave the Gibsons on the first floor |
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Location: East Tennessee | :D
The last time I was in the store they had some real nice vintage Martins. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | There is water over the stage at the Opry...The Ryman seems to have been spared...Gruhn's seems to be ok although I have a report of water on the street level...I do not know about Roy Acuff's Museum: a lot of vintage instruments there...seeing the pictures of the water over the stage at the Opry is sad...I was on stage there in 1993 w/ my late friend Charlie Lilly...The Opryland Hotel is badly flooded...if you have ever seen the gardens and the atrium's there, it is sad to think they are under water...estimate damage just at the Hotel of 10 Million... |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | 
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| AH, so sad. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | WOW. Sad but predictable. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by Avatar4550:
Man, my heart goes out to those people!! Living here on one of North America's better known flood plains (the Red River valley in southern Manitoba), I understand just how scary that much uncontrolled (uncontrollable...) water can be.
Until it actually happens to YOU, a person can't understand the desperation and hopelessness that comes with this kind of disaster... Our prayers are with them (and the Grand Ole Opry...). Ditto. That is a bad scene. |
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| Predictable, maybe, but you'd really have to pay attention to history. |
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Location: Indiana | 500 year floods are a bit hard to predict.
Even though the media is playing up downtown and the Opry complex, the worst areas are west of town. If you're familiar, Bellevue was a major disaster.
Those of us who live in the hills are suffering survivors guilt. The only thing I have to complain about is that my golf course is closed for a few weeks. Very fortunate here. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | They moved the Grand Ole Opry back to the Ryman.
The Ryman is uphill a coupla feet from the crick so it should be fine.
History repeats itself...
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Bummer MBB......
I did not realize you played the Opry Mike, very cool. |
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Location: nashville | The GOO Goo Dolls played the Ryman Monday and Gruhn was not hit. They were canoeing between the goalpost on the football field were my kids go to school behind my house. It was up 4 ft in the classrooms. We were high enough to miss it but several homes in my subdivision were not as lucky. Form the air It looked like Katrina but there seems to be little national attition w/ the oil spill and the boomer. Has any heard if the President has even mentioned it?? No fly over as yet. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | james,
Glad to hear you were high and dry! Heard you're on drinking water restrictions... one of two water treatment plants out. |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Beal:
They could leave the Gibsons on the first floor Beal, I forgot to mention that there is,(was), a Gibson store in the Opry Mills Mall. It probably got hit pretty bad. |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab |
I guess if there's no Taylors left for paddles,
you gotta use what you gotta use... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by G8r:
Predictable, maybe, but you'd really have to pay attention to history. AW, but if you know what to look for it's pretty obvious. |
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Location: closely held secret | No One Grasps A Flood. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Grand Ol Opry.
Well then come on in. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Klonk, klonk
whas'pere?!
Group O Pryr.
Wall tan come on it. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | nogaf |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Here how you can help
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100504/NEWS01/100504028/-1/nsit... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Uh... Opryland USA Inc. has enough money.
[It not like they are Austin City Limits where they Give Away tickets... Opryland is Rich] |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Opryland is Rich Those bastards |
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Location: Tennessee | God musta flooded out Opryland to pay back those evil sons of bitches for running a business that provides thousands and thousands of jobs in Nashville. All those people are going to be better off now that the government is going to handle things for them.
FWIW, I've been to Opryland three times and I never had to pay anything to see any of the music. |
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Location: closely held secret | That's because you make Kimmy pay to go in then open the fire door for you... |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Opryland is Rich Those bastards |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Hey! Don't shoot the messenger!
Grand Ole Opry tickets cost about $40 for normal folks...
(if you've got a backpack and long-hair you ain't getting on the property)
But $40 is alot better than $200 to see U2!
And I would much rather see the Opry than U2.
But it is not like they need donations to rebuild the "icon"...
The Icon was/is the Ryman... but Emmylou Harris and them had to rebuild that.
Opryland Inc just built another Six Flags thingie...
(in a flood plain apparently)
All in All... I am glad that the Opry is back at the Ryman.
They should leave it there. |
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Location: East Tennessee | The Grand Old Opry is one of the best shows going. They use LIVE musicians. |
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Location: Nashville TN. | The Grand Old Opry is priceless. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Originally posted by Capo Guy:
The Grand Old Opry is one of the best shows going. They use LIVE musicians. I heard Johnny Cash is playing there next week |
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Location: SoCal | I hear that train a-coming....... |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Hank the week after.
All that said, it is good to have it back at the Ryman. |
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Location: Utah | There's a report this morning that the large storage facility of Soundcheck Nashville is underwater. A thousand or more artists and companies use that facility. They say that Brad Paisley's entire collection except for one guitar is in there, and Vince Gill may have lost most of his collection of rare vintage instruments. It's going to be a disaster for a lot of collectors, working musicians, and music related businesses.
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36976681/ns/today-entertainment/ |
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Location: East Tennessee | I watched a Telethon from Nashville last night. Vince Gill did lose some guitars. He also gave $100,000 to help the relief effort. |
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Location: Flahdaw | Who in their right mind would store valuable items in a facility located in a flood zone? I know, it only floods once every hundred years or so, but still. There have to be storage facilities in Nashville that are better located....like on a hill.
I know about flood zones here in Florida. My safety deposit box is at a bank that's high and dry. |
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