Donkasaurus Post

On the one hand, farmers in the region were glad to have the rains, giving them their “best start” in two decades.

On the other hand, some areas in Queensland,Australia, were particularly hard, as the entire population of the Southern Town of St. George may have to be evacuated due to flooding expected to be even worst than the regions last great flood 130 years earlier.

On yet another hand, there were daunting rescues of citizens imperiled by the rising waters occasioned by handcuffing one to a drainage grate?

In the Brisbane suburb of Algester, police say the 14-year-old autistic boy entered a drain that empties into a creek and walked 500 metres against the current to a grate at the other end.

Police say the boy spent almost an hour struggling against a torrent of water and could have drowned had they not handcuffed him to the grate.

Which seems to raise the question: Why not just help the boy get away from the grate in the first place?

Perhaps the handcuffing was a temporary measure until enough help could arrive and or the initial officers on the scene were able to fully stabilize the boy against the current sufficient to remove him from it. But it’s hard to tell.