Wells, Clifton Get First-Hand Look At Tennessee Flooding

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Green Bay Packers center Scott Wells considers himself blessed.

During the major flooding that hit the Nashville area last week, Wells' home just outside of Nashville in Brentwood, Tenn., is high enough on a hill that it escaped significant flood damage.

But when Wells - who splits his residence between Green Bay and Brentwood - went back home last weekend, he got a first-hand look at the devastation others are dealing with. He took some time last Friday to lend a hand cleaning up in Bellevue, one of the hardest-hit neighborhoods in west Nashville where some family friends live.

"It was an entire neighborhood, and all the houses were totaled," Wells said. "The water had receded, but you could see on the drywall where it had been. Up to my shoulder was the waterline."

Wells and a friend lent some muscle in the neighborhood to help haul out larger pieces of furniture - entertainment centers, sofas, recliners, etc. - that others couldn't move themselv..

Source: Packers.com
 

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