During The Past 200-Plus Years, Nashville Has Experienced Many Floods. About 100 Of Them Occurred Before The Establishment Of The Tennessee Valley Authority And The Construction Of Its Dams. Forty Feet And Rising: Nashville'S Historic Floods 1793-2010 Examines Some Of The City'S Worst Floods And Illustrates How Previous Actions And Lessons Unlearned Affected The Metropolitan Area During The Devastating May 2010 Flood.