May 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, 2010 Nashville Tennessee saw the worst flooding in the city's history. It was called "a 500 year flood".
The Cumberland river, which usually flows peacefully through Nashville, swelled beyond capacity when 13.5 inches of rain fell in less than 48 hours. Other towns up river received as much as 16.79 inches of rainfall over the same period. This culminated in the Cumberland cresting at 53 feet. Music City became a gigantic lake.
UPSers presented in mass on Monday May 3rd ready to move an entire company to higher ground. The Massman building, located on the banks of the Cumberland river was standing in four feet of water.
Everything was shut down, right? It should have been, but quick thinking by management the night of May 1st resulted in ALL of the UPS package cars, and most of the box trailers being moved to a parking lot above the flood level. Now all that was needed was a way to scan, document and track package movement.
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