The word of the day* for January 16, 2007 is “inundated” — transitive verb 1 : to cover with a flood : OVERFLOW. 2 : OVERWHELM <was inundated with phone calls>.
My friend Carol, who lives in Colorado, said this past weekend they got another three inches of snow on top of the four feet already on the ground. I gotta tell you those Colorado folks know how to deal with snow. I think the only month they are not likely to get snow—at least in the mountains—is August. So they know how to stock up and hunker down when they are snowed in.
My sister said she had heard an interview with a woman from the West Coast who had gotten stranded in Kansas City with her six children during the weekend storm because the buses were not going east—St. Louis being snow-locked. Bad enough the woman has the kids with her, you say; however, on this trip her family had also been snowbound in Salt Lake City and in Denver. Although I wish her well and pray she gets safely where she’s going sometime soon, I don’t think I want to get on a bus with that woman.
The quote† for today is from Adrienne Rich (b. 1929), Storm Warnings (l. 12–14):
Weather abroad
and weather in the heart alike come on
Regardless of prediction.
and weather in the heart alike come on
Regardless of prediction.
;^) Jan
* The definition is from either Merriam-Webster Online, 10th Edition or The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition and is used by permission.
† The quote is from either Bartleby: Great Books on Line or The Quotation Pages and is used by permission.
P.S.: Comments and word requests are welcome.
1 comment:
From Pamelia:
WOW! the stranded lady was inundated with bad events!
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