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I was going to post this on Thursday when I first heard about it. I see the flood waters in Queensland have started to go down and have left devastation. Losing your home and all your worldly goods is indeed devastating but i wonder how Blake Rice is feeling today?

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/save- ... uers-79328

I listened to this story in my car and it reduced me to tears, not something I'm proned to.
That poor poor kid. He climbed on top of their car with his mother and elder brother, Jordan when a creek flooded in Toowoomba. Rescuers got to them but Jordan shouted 'Save my brother first!'. By the time they had saved Blake, his mother and brother had been washed away and drowned.
He is bound to feel what they call survivors guilt. He hasn't even got his mum to give him a cuddle.

The UK is good at giving away money, I hope we can dig deep for the victims of the floods in Queensland. I have seen, first hand, the hardship of people affected by flooding. A year past November we had floods in Cumbria. Nothing on the scale of Queensland though. I had to go to our local leisure centre, which we turned into a reception centre to receive people rescued from their homes. We had to book them in and eventually find them bed and breakfast accomodation. They were all in a state of shock especially the ones who weren't insured. When you live in a place proned to flooding it is very difficult to be able to afford to reinsure after being wiped out. It was well over a year before some of the residents were able to return to their homes. To walk down a street and see everybody's worldly goods dumped in skips is not a nice sight. We are forcast to get 6inches of rain in Cumbria today, with numerous flood warnings in place. Lucky for me it won't affect my house.

There was no mention of Blake Rice's dad. I do hope he has one. That poor kid.

What a heart wrenching story.
Not sure what the deal is with the father. Not the same last name but they had been together for a long time.

Well I'm pleased to hear he has a dad around. What's in a name anyways? Poor family.

I had similar feelings when I heard it on TV BM - I suppose everyone did. Absolutely tragic.