Dangerrmouse
07-22-2007, 06:57 PM
It's been raining, even more than is usual for a British summer. Last Friday, Birmingham was all but cut off from the rest of the UK. Is it GW, or Pat Robertson's god telling us something? Locally I.ve been caught in a few heavy showers, but nothing like this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6910838.stm
"Drinking water supplies have started to run out in some areas of England worst affected by the flooding.
Severn Trent Water says 150,000 homes are without water in Gloucestershire after a treatment works was flooded.
The company said another 200,000 people could eventually be cut off in Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham.
Power supplies to 500,000 people in Gloucestershire are also threatened and the RAF has been drafted in to protect a substation at risk of flooding.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has chaired a meeting of government emergencies committee COBRA involving several ministers and the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Police, Tim Brain."
There were 5 Air/sea rescue helicopters operating in Tewkesbury yesterday, with a further 3 in Gloucester. The main Gloucester fire station was taken over by Lifeboat crews using inflatables to rescue people!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6910838.stm
"Drinking water supplies have started to run out in some areas of England worst affected by the flooding.
Severn Trent Water says 150,000 homes are without water in Gloucestershire after a treatment works was flooded.
The company said another 200,000 people could eventually be cut off in Gloucester, Tewkesbury and Cheltenham.
Power supplies to 500,000 people in Gloucestershire are also threatened and the RAF has been drafted in to protect a substation at risk of flooding.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has chaired a meeting of government emergencies committee COBRA involving several ministers and the Chief Constable of Gloucestershire Police, Tim Brain."
There were 5 Air/sea rescue helicopters operating in Tewkesbury yesterday, with a further 3 in Gloucester. The main Gloucester fire station was taken over by Lifeboat crews using inflatables to rescue people!