Oasis Feature: Summer Views while I'm away....We had a mudslide that covered our main exit out of the mountain. We had to find another way out! The road was closed for nearly a week! Even after the cleanup, we still have falling rocks.
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Wow, the photo of the mud slide is amazing. Nature always astounds me.
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Mary
I'm glad that you made it out safely. What a mess!
ReplyDeleteCynthia, glad there were no injuries related to this mudslide. I am curious about the title of your post - it sounds like a literal translation from Spanish? :-) That is exactly how I would express what happened in Kiswahili 'the mountains are falling.' So, what was the alternate route?
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ReplyDeletethanks for your comment. I hope you come by again sometime. I hope you have a great week, too.
Hi Butternut Squash,
it wasn't dangerous unless you were there when it fell! I was safely tucked away on the side of the mountain.
Hi Mama Shujaa, I think that the title may have come from the childrens' story...."Chicken Little". The sky is falling! The sky is falling! But now that you asked, there is always a discussion about what to call the mudslides in English.
I think that you are on to something. Maybe that is why I thought of the title! In Spanish "deslizamiento de tierra" is one way to refer to a mudslide...but that means slipping of the earth/land...and derrumbe is another. But I think I heard the first more often, and said with emphasis! Interesting connection to Kiswahili, I will be asking more questions here about the term.
The alternate route was a circuitous route that seemed to be going in another direction (and was) but somehow ended up through a series of links going towards the town. Thanks for your comment!
Yikes! I'm relieved to hear that you are OK.
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