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Originally Posted by Seitsuki

couple raised virtual baby as real baby starved (alert: sankaku)
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this is just sad. I know there are many teens who are compulsively addicted to the net/mmos/whatever but you really don't realise just how bad it can be until it takes something this unnecessary to open your eyes. Pretty sure net addiction is pretty rife in Korea, which means it wasn't even an unforeseeable problem. Hopefully now people will take this seriously, although judging from history that's not terribly likely..

Sorry but I sorta beat you to it.

For my fellow Victorians:

Victorians warned of further fierce storms, hail

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A SEVERE thunderstorm warning has been issued for damaging wind, flash flooding and large hailstones in parts of Victoria.

The weather bureau warning applies for people in the Northern Country, Northeast and parts of the North Central and Alpine Forecast Districts.

It warns severe thunderstorms are likely to produce damaging winds, very heavy rainfall, flash flooding and large hailstones in the warning area over the next several hours.

Earlier, a sudden increase in temperature boosted the chances of more storms in Melbourne.

Weather bureau senior forecaster Richard Carlyon said the city's temperature had shot up to 26C, which could see thunderstorms develop.

"Given we have shot up to 26C we might see thunderstorms develop close to Melbourne which could mean we might see something not far away. But it is still a bit of a waiting game."

Premier John Brumby urged Victorians to batten down the hatches

Mr Brumby warned people to stay inside during the possibly severe storms, and he said people at public events must be prepared to act if weather struck this afternoon.

"It really is batten down the hatches (with forecast) thunderstorms possibly as intense as yesterday,” Mr Brumby said."We got through yesterday without any loss of life or serious injury, we would want to see if we could keep to this today and tomorrow."

Mr Brumby said there were weak trees in many bushfire ravaged parts of Victoria and around the state that were vulnerable to strong winds.

"We should take great care as we move through this afternoon, tonight and into tomorrow and make sure we put this focus on protecting life and protecting public safety."

He said the roof of the arts centre had been badly damaged by yesterday’s storms and could cost up to millions of dollars to repair.

He was unable to put an estimated dollar figure on the expected repair bill, and said more damage is expected to be reported in the coming days when people return home from Labour Day holidays.

Crews from the NSW State Emergency Service have been drafted in to help their Victorian counterparts clean up the damage caused by the mini-cyclone storm that lashed Melbourne yesterday.

The storm cell unleashed itself on the city at 2.40pm, dumping 26mm of rain in less than an hour.

Yep, its already pouring buckets as I speak.

For everyone else:

Body of dead baby girl found in Pinkenba water treatment plant

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MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of a baby girl's body, dumped at a Brisbane water treatment plant or washed into the system following an abortion or early birth.

Police remain tight-lipped about the gruesome find after two male workers at the plant on Main Beach Road, Pinkenba discovered the body at 11.30 last night.
The workers who found the body are in shock as well as the police officers who attended the scene.

"We'll make sure counselling is available to them," Acting Inspector for North Brisbane, Tod Reid said.

He said it was not known if the child, who was not carried to full term, was born or aborted.

"It is possible the baby was two months premature," Detective Reid said.

DNA testing is being carried out on the tiny body while police have launched a criminal investigation.

It's not known how long the baby had been dead for and police refused to say if there were any signs or bruising, cuts or broken bones.

They also wouldn't confirm if the body was found in the water system or if it was dumped on the grounds of the treatment plant, which services the greater metropolitan north area.

Police are checking the list of people reported missing in the area and Detective Reid said the force was treating it as a priority case.

"Detectives will be working on it all day and all night," he said, adding that a post-mortem examination was being carried out on the the baby's body.

"We've got a number of lines of inquiry open to try and establish the identity of the child's mother, with a number of different agencies and other government departments."

Police are concerned for the mother's health and welfare and are appealing for public assistance to locate her.

That is sad....really