More Rain, More Flooding, Less News Media Coverage

A Newsweek blog post dated May 6 notes the lack of national news coverage of the Nashville flood. With losses estimated at more than $1 billion, it is a significant event that was overshadowed in the media by the attempted bombing in Times Square and the Gulf oil leak.

Even if the national media focused on the Nashville flood more broadly, its coverage would detail the estimated size of the community's loss, the height of the flood waters, the curtailment of activities, and the inconveniences that the masses would have encountered. Among the real stories of this tragedy along the banks of Cumberland River are the losses of individuals and families. In addition to losses of property, the lives of 30 people ended because of these storms and floods. Insurance proceeds will exchange losses for money but money cannot replace lost lives and lost remembrances.

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Severe Weather Warnings: A Reminder

The first alerts about severe weather for our area arrived about 8 o'clock this morning. We tuned into The Weather Channel (http://www.weather.com/) on television to follow the storm, a continuation of the one that swept through the South over the weekend. Jim Cantore, reporting from Weir, MS, where a devastating tornado hit, remarked that many people were just picking through the ruble of what was once their homes looking for pictures. He noted that it takes a storm and the loss of those personal items that makes you regret not doing something to protect those special memories and precious mementos.

Our Heritage Vault offers ideas and resources to preserve a family heritage. The EvacuPacket is an emergency organizer for your important documents and photographs contained within a water resistant pouch. www.EvacuPacket.com

Suit seeks compensation for Einstein papers lost in Lick fire - SiliconValley.com

Suit seeks compensation for Einstein papers lost in Lick fire - SiliconValley.com

EvacuPacket--Revised and Ready

The EvacuPacket, a unique emergency organizer in a handy, water resistant grab 'n go package is the place to store your important original documents and your digitized data in one safe, portable place. Our Heritage Vault urges you to prepare your family's important things before the storm clouds gather.

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Passover Seder--Forum for Memories

Attended a first night of Passover Seder last evening. Sitting around the table after dinner talking about Seders gone by, meals shared with others, and whose recipe is best, one of the guests remarked, "It's nice to remember and talk about the good old days."

Agreed.

Preserving Memories--Scanning Old Menus for the Hollywood (FL) Historical Society

Preserving the memories from great meals past and inexpensive repasts, in today's dollars, at that.

We digitally scanned and created electronic files of menus from some of Hollywood's foremost restaurants of the 1930s for the Hollywood (FL) Historical Society. The images will appear in an upcoming issue of the historical society's newsletter, providing visual enhancement to an article about dining out and special events in the community.