On 24/12/2013 19:27, Dawlish wrote:


Damage widespread in Devon this morning, but no reports of anyone
having been killed, as a result of the storm, yet

** I spoke too soon, but trying to rescue your dog from a swollen
river is a silly way to die. A man dies in Newton Abbot doing exactly
that:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-25509422

Another appears to have gone the same way in Cumbria:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-25503383

In both cases, their dogs got out.

Don't they always... 8)

Just a crazy waste of their
lives.


True.

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Paul Hyett, Cheltenham