"Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink"

..so says the Gloucestershire Echo. Well I suppose it is a famous quote, and you can't blame them for using it ;)

7/7 bombings? Cup of tea. Terrorist alert? Cup of tea. Floods? Cup of.. WHAT THE?! NO WATER OR ELECTRICITY!??! PANIC! RUN FOR THE HILLS!!

The urge seems to be rising amongst people around here to do just that, and I don't blame them. Not that we personally seem to have run out of either water or electricity just yet.

Another day off work due to illness. If this continues tomorrow I will be making a doctor's appointment. I wonder how many businesses in this area (and other affected areas) have a disaster plan that copes with up to 14 days of no running water? This could be interesting.

Okay, now it starts to get interesting.

The water went off at 7:30pm this evening - I'm assuming this is Cheltenham-wide. Here's the official police press conference report at 3pm today. The BBC think that the highest waters and therefore greatest threat to Walham power station will be sometime between now and tomorrow morning. If power does go out, it may take up to 5 days to get the station operational again, although contingency plans are being formed.

No news from work; I will need to go in and get my laptop as I can't really work effectively without it. I'll be doing that on my motorbike so I won't get stuck.

It's all getting a bit interesting, but waking up tomorrow we will probably know whether the power is going to disappear too.