[Howard]

Tony, we all know what you mean about people who won't listen..... One elderly couple here refused to leave their house as flood became inevitable. T they were given SEVERAL hours warning by locals but stayed put. What happened when their yard flooded? You guessed it... The SES then had to mount a rescue in deep and fast flowing water. Made all the more difficult by three fact that one of the residents is not small and very limited mobility... Plus the dozen or so wet dogs that were also in their yard!