Temperatures plunged Saturday, Jan. 13, and snow fell heavy Sunday night. Nashville got above freezing just once over the following week — a sunny Thursday afternoon — before plunging back to single digits over the weekend. Prolonged cold and ice tested the city’s shelter network, a broad coalition of institutions and people trying to help the growing population of people living outside.
The system failed : Nashville homeless advocates call for severe weather plan after flash flooding deaths Meghan Mangrum, Nashville Tennessean
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Some were nervous as the rain and hail fell.
Some fled their tents for higher ground before the creek rose.
They grabbed what they could. Mostly, just their dogs.
They knew there was a chance for flooding as storms dumped more than 7 inches of rain on Nashville over the weekend.
The camp they call “The Jungle” tucked along Sevenmile Creek in southeast Nashville has flooded before, 67-year-old Dan Dyer said.