My fiancée and I dodged a big bullet, both personally, and professionally. Neither my apartment (NE Nashville) nor hers (Hendersonville) were damaged, and neither of our workplaces had any damage, either (well, her work was closed for a day because power was out).
I work at the Nashville Airport, and one of the tornados passed only a couple of miles north of our facility, causing major damage.
It would have wreaked havoc at our facility, had it hit us, as we have several commuter-sized airliners parked outside, in storage. Each are worth many tens of millions of dollars. And that's not counting the airplanes we have in the hangars.
The storms hit Nashville around 1 am. I was at work, and we had to go to our designated shelter areas.
We were fortunate. Another airport, on the NW side, John C. Tune Airport, suffered a direct hit, with at least $100,000,000.00 worth of damage.
Very sad for those who lost their lives, and those whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged.
But we'll get through it. Nashville has seen disaster before - most recently, severe flooding in 2011.
Hopefully the rest of storm season 2020 is more quiet.
