The rain started on May 1, 2010 and didn’t stop till mid afternoon on the 2nd. The water rose to record levels by Sunday morning and covered the Petway bridge on Hwy 250 at the county line. TDOT did an excellent job getting that bridge back open after the water receded. Gray Rd was covered early Sunday morning covering a hand full of homes and displacing several families. Many left by boat with what little they could carry. The residents of the Claylick community have done an excellent job rescuing and assisting neighbors, family, and friends. Stringfellow Rd was also covered over by late Saturday night blocking all access to the Petway community. The waters continued to rise and finally crested then began to slowly fall early Monday morning beginning to reveal just the tip of the damage to come. Claylick Fire Department monitored water levels throughout the weekend and checked on residents accordingly. We were able to close Hwy 250 just north of Lee Greer Rd and also Stringfellow Rd at the last address before the county line. Claylick FD responded to several calls on Sunday as far south as I-40 and as far north as Hwy 49E as well as multiple non-flood related calls within our immediate coverage area. Our team of fire and rescue personnel have done a superb job during the event and continue to prepare for clean-up within the community. If anyone needs our resources, please feel free to call. We ask that people please stay out of hazard areas to allow the residents to clean-up. From the community and Claylick FD, we would like to thank the American Red Cross for their support and resources, Walgreens of Dickson for the donated supplies, Lowe’s of Dickson for donated supplies, and all the individuals who came to help by donating goods, lending resources, and providing labor. We are proud to serve such a strong community. We will be posting pictures of the flooding in the near future in the Gallery section. If you have pictures that you would like to share you can email them to claylickwebsite@bellsouth.net to post them here. Also please share any stories that you have by posting a response here.
