Normally Pharmer doesn’t cover disasters too much because everybody else does.
There are not too many country music fans in the mainstream media, so the fact that Nashville was very rapidly submerged in its biggest flood on record, and over 30 lives were lost, has been upstaged by the oil rig explosion, and such momentous things as Chaz Bono’s happiness with the sex change operation.
Newsweek magazine (yes, the one that is up for sale now) apparently took some time to flagellate itself over the lack of media coverage.
People picking themselves up from disaster and moving on is certainly not as exciting as listening to the caterwauling of those who could not live and breath without government help.
Country Music performer, John Rich has written a song dedicated to Nashville and is pushing for donations to the Red Cross. So if you want to help those who are helping themselves, here’s a conglomeration of local relief efforts which are accepting donations of money, material goods, and time.
