Comments on: Weather Thesaurus Entry: Flood https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Fri, 02 Oct 2015 18:29:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Michael Horvath https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10676 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 14:03:12 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10676 Although I use this it is one area I can definitely expand upon.

]]> By: Jeanne https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10675 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 11:33:11 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10675 My community flooded last fall, and the sensory details were indeed overwhelming. The thing that struck me was the way that the prominent sensory detail changed over a few days. First, it was the sound, then the visual of the water in places it didn’t belong. After the water receded, it was the mud, yes, but also the stench that lasted for a week or more. That moldy basement stench combined with that of leaking diesel fuel. It made me clasp my hand across my nose and mouth, rush out to buy masks, anything to escape it. Clogged sinuses and an irritated throat – yup, that’s the sensory detail I remember most.

]]> By: Becca Puglisi https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10674 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:35:09 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10674 Great details, everybody. Though I’ve lived through numerous hurricanes, I’ve fortunately personally avoided the floods. So these first-hand details are very helpful.

]]> By: Cynthia Chapman Willis https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10673 Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:18:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10673 A great post. Unfortunately, I know too much about floods. I’d add the burning smell of bleach to the category of smells. It’s the only way to kill the almost instantaneous infiltration of mold and mildew. ICK.

]]> By: Lenny Lee* https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10672 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:24:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10672 hi miss becca! wow! another cool weather post. i didnt ever write about a flood but i could see how it could make for strong emotions. i wasnt ever in a flood cept for our basement one time but even thats got emotions cause of stuff that got ruined.
…hugs from lenny

]]> By: Matthew MacNish https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10671 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:07:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10671 You guys don’t miss a beat.

]]> By: Angela Ackerman https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10670 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:35:50 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10670 Hi Francene! Welcome! Thanks everyone for the comments. Your experiences help round out these entries and we sure appreciate it. 🙂

]]> By: Francene https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10668 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:13:05 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10668 I’ve just found this site, passed on from Holly Michael. Really helpful. I particularly like the weather blog. Wonderful. Keep up the good work, girls.

]]> By: PJ Hoover https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10667 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 02:09:39 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10667 How I just love your site!

]]> By: The Golden Eagle https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10666 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 01:17:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10666 Having lived in two areas that experienced record flooding, that picture strikes close to home.

Great post on floods! I’ve never tried writing about one, but it would be interesting to try.

]]> By: Michael Offutt, Tebow Cult Initiate https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10663 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:13:01 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10663 Tolkien used water and weather to great effect in his books. When you saw water, you were in trouble and someone was going to die.

]]> By: Donna K. Weaver https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10662 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:21:30 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/2012/02/weather-thesaurus-entry-flood/#comment-10662 Weather, too, can bring about a sense of helplessness. When I was a girl, we lived in the Philippines and experienced the hit of a Typhoon dead on–got the Eye. Magnificent. Deadly.

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