Ways to Give and Get Help After the Christmas Day Bombing Help is available for those who live or work in the bombed area, including a drive-thru event on New Yearâs Day Tweet
Lower Broadway days after the Christmas Day bombingPhoto: Matt Masters
âWhen thereâs a tornado or fire or hurricane, there is a disaster recovery plan,â says entrepreneur and philanthropist Marcus Lemonis about the Christmas Day explosion that gutted Second Avenue. But there isnât a playbook for this.
The federal government has not yet issued an emergency declaration for Second Avenue, though Gov. Bill Lee requested that the feds do so on Saturday. That means there is not (yet) FEMA money to aid those who lost homes, businesses or employment as a result of Fridayâs bomb. However, there is aid out there, and some of it is available immediately.
It was just fight or flight mode says Nashville chef who survived Christmas bombing
A Nashville chef and her boyfriend are displaced from their apartment following the Christmas bombing.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â A Nashville chef and her boyfriend are displaced from their apartment following the Christmas bombing.
Jess Lambert said there was significant smoke and water damage from ruptured pipes when they evacuated after the RV explosion. Everyone in my building was out in the atrium kind of like zombies we didnât know what was going on, Lambert said.
She lives at the Lofts at 160 above the Old Spaghetti Factory.
Omanawa Falls: Dozens of people a day are being turned away from trying to visit closed western Bay of Plenty beauty spot
29 Dec, 2020 07:00 PM
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Local Kaitiaki and Omanawa Falls park ranger (cut out) have a safety message for visitors. Photo / Sandra Conchie
A guardian posted at the entrance to the closed Omanawa Falls access says dozens of people are being turned away every day – with some still slipping through and risking injury to themselves and rescuers.
Social media posts promoting the beauty of the falls seem to be part of the problem, with some would-be visitors saying that s what drew them to the falls in spite of official warnings.
Sean Brock Acts as a Help Center for Industry Workers Affected by Bombing Chef offers meals and points to aid efforts â including GoFundMe for Etch chef de cuisine Jess Lambert Tweet
Sean BrockPhoto: Andrea Behrends
Seems like Sean Brock already had enough to do operating Joyland and The Continental while also adding the finishing touches to his latest and greatest restaurant creation, Audrey in East Nashville. But the chef has wasted no time in jumping in to aid his fellow hospitality workers affected by the Christmas Day bombing downtown.
Second Avenue restaurants closed within the blast radius include Dickâs Last Resort, Coyote Ugly and Rodizio Grill â spots that are often seen as tourist destinations but nevertheless employ local workers who need their jobs as much as any other service industry employees. What s more, the weekend curfew imposed on much of the urban core also left many folks without work on what would have been a prime d