Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/13

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Subject: [Leica] hoppy and the floodwaters
From: benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:27:33 +1030
References: <AANLkTi=G5CVKn+aMF9tTacEtFQ1P1g7ujy0HSX7O3rdj@mail.gmail.com> <5EA21CE1E7BB43C5B7E7D30B0EB4D3AD@jimnichols> <AANLkTi=ASWj80YSwHOiAzpDoRX4z_5NjvY5DL8Vxw4WH@mail.gmail.com> <AF39F4ED-8EEA-40D5-9915-79DD68D3B8D2@btinternet.com> <AANLkTim6xVdQ1RXyKLwe7Yb1oBpaeMX=quwP2j-BduR9@mail.gmail.com> <779806A2-EB9E-4C41-9673-2477EC5C4966@mac.com> <AANLkTik9zdAt5Qf8yD_H0=y-8LHjwKWaVU7wh1T9kga_@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin2Z_D4Z1+jrEYy76qVerVwkU1ZYE4xFwF9T9FV@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTindMcfNK1ivUnoMM+bv=ObTAuxBVXu9CLQbw50B@mail.gmail.com>

He's a distant relative of my wife's; the flash flood was in
Toowoomba, the city where she was born.  He was a good kid.

Marty

On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 6:03 AM, Daniel Ridings <daniel at dlridings.se> 
wrote:
> Geoff, I just heard about the 13 year old who was in the car with his
> little brother and his mother. He made the rescuers take his little
> brother first. Before they could get back to him and his mother, the
> water swept the car away and he and his mother perished.
>
> The older I get, the more I cry.
>
> Daniel
>
> On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 11:02 AM, Geoff Hopkinson <hopsternew at 
> gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everyone. Thank you all for your good wishes and concern.
>> Our outcome is all good. We got access back to our property this morning.
>> No power for the time being. The water did not get into our house. Our 
>> poor
>> neighbours got water to their ceilings and have lost literally even the
>> walls within their houses. The community is pitching in. Far more serious
>> for many people and very sadly at least 15 deaths in this part of the 
>> state.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Geoff
>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>>
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