He beat the water with his paws to hold himself up, but the harder he tried, the deeper he sank.

We are getting reports and calls that are breaking my heart from people saying, 'I have been in my attic, I cannot take it any more, the water is up to my neck, I don't think I can hold out'.

Yet trying to hold on to something which is forever changing is like trying to capture the wind inside a box or tie up water in a brown paper package.