Mish mash

[randy_byers]

'Tis the season to be reminded that mish was the Salish word for river. Thus Stillaguamish, Snohomish, Skykomish, Sammamish, Duwamish. Although that doesn't exhaust the great river names around here: Nooksack, Snoqualmie, Puyallup, Nisqually, Dosewallips, Pysht, Quillayute, Quinault, Skookumchuck, and the ever popular Humptulips.

Lists of flooding rivers on the news always sound pretty tribal in these parts. It was something that struck me as soon as I moved here. It was a January, after all.

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[paulcarp.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the post. Samish River flooded. And with the Nooksack River flood warning, I'm feeling squeamish.