Z wrote this one sort of completely unrelated to Belli or Christmas.
Somehow, it seems that Z could have had some flood/rain/boat leakage whatever problems in real life during that time.
There was a lot of rain, some flood control discussions, strong surf ect. in eg. Oxnard during that time (including some ‘swamp’). Nevertheless I still couldn’t figure out (according to newspaper articles) what Z had actually referred to when writing this sentence. Anybody got some idea (based on ‘facts’)?
QT
*ZODIACHRONOLOGY*
QT: Relying on my memory, which is a chancy thing, I recall writing the occupant at that address, and he said his apartment was upstairs.
viewtopic.php?f=81&t=1035&hilit=drownding#p9749
Maybe not so archaic for someone raised in the midwest or (upper) southern Texas.
‘drownding’:
https://www.librarything.com/topic/94689#
https://english.stackexchange.com/a/101671
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_American_English
http://texasfishingforum.com/forums/ubb … /6075570/1