Just looked it up and it's called White-nose syndrome.
http://www.fws.gov/northeast/pdf/white-nosefaqs.pdf
Just up the road
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U R ugly?keld feldspar wrote:They put the U in ugly...
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Now back to the affected people.
The 13 year old that gave his life for his younger brother was buried today.
The follwoign is from his Father's eulogy.
I am at work and in tears. Bugger.
The 13 year old that gave his life for his younger brother was buried today.
The follwoign is from his Father's eulogy.
I am at work and in tears. Bugger.
'You're my little hero': farewell to 'Weedsy'JACOB SAULWICK
19 Jan, 2011 02:49 PM
Jordan Rice, the 13-year old Toowoomba boy who died so his younger brother could be saved in last week's floods, lived his life scared of water and scared of the dark.
Jordan and his mother Donna, 43, who also died in the floods, were buried today in a service in Toowoomba attended by more than 200 friends, family, and local residents.
"I don't think I can put into words just how much I'll miss them," John Tyson, Donna's partner and Jordan's father, said in his eulogy.
"Just the little things. The warmness of their touch, the sound of children figthing even, the smell of the grass being mowed." Mr Tyson said. "Donna cooked, cleaned, doted on the kids, the perfect mum. Jordan was quiet, reserved, but also loving and very protective."
The pair were swept away in their car last Monday afternoon when floodwaters burst through Toowoomba. When rescuers approached the car, Jordan insisted they take his 10-year-old brother, Blake, first.
At today's funeral, Blake sat next to his father, head bowed.
Jordan's older brother, Chris, told the funeral his mother had been his best friend and his brother was now his hero.
"Mum, the mother of us four little pricks, how you managed is beyond me. I went to you for all my problems, we all did. I don't know how we are supposed to manage now," Chris said.
"Jordan, or as we called you, Weedsy, I always hung shit on you for being such a sook, you were so shy, always hanging off mum," he said.
"You were petrified of water, heights, and even the dark. How wrong was I? Here you go losing your life from one of your biggest fears to save your little brother. You made me so proud. What you did took heart, courage and love. You're my little hero. I love you Weedsy, you'll always be missed mate.
"But I take comfort in the fact that you've got mum there with you taking care of you. Give her a kiss for me mate, I love ya." Today's was the first of the funerals for the victims of the Queensland floods.
Bah!
