On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:06:43 -0700, Brian Mailman
> wrote:

>Ophelia wrote:
>
>> You have been in UK haven't you George??
>>
>> Have you seen all the flooding in England just now. Places it has never
>> been before
>
>'Net buddy in Hull was telling me y'day someone drowned in his own
>garden, got swept into a drainpipe. Terrible.
>
>B/

Some flood photos.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...ture=330082575

The poor man who died got his foot caught in some sort of a drain
cover when he went to clear the drain at a commercial establishment
owned by a relative. Rescuers could not get his foot released,
although they tried. I believe exposure contributed to his demise.

Boron