On Jul 23, 2007, at 9:06 AM, Cotty wrote: > We're okay thanks. I've just popped home for a bite to eat and a large > coffee - I'm working tonight but not sure where yet. Just been up in a > helicopter to some aerial views of our region - I don't think we > have it > as bad as they do in Gloucestershire. Pumping stations and electricity > have broken down there and so no tap water to tens of thousands. We're > high and dry. Had some local runoff as can be seen here: > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare6.html> > > But that went 24 hours later. Some houses around us were flooded > but we > were fine. We have tiles over a concrete slab and no air bricks - the > water went around us. > > Not so fortunate though for a lot of people and we'll be telling > stories > of mopping up and insurance struggles for weeks to come.
Good to hear that you and Alma are ok, and the house too.. I spoke to my Pentaxian friend Richard Day (Gloucester) via email earlier too: they're safe from flooding and otherwise ok, but his wife spent a night stuck on the M5 in the car. And they've no water for the present, as you mentioned. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
