a selfish moan.....how is everyone else coping?

angchris

ok im just having a moan really we just escaped being flooded by literally feet when horsbere brook burst its banks in Longlevens twice in a month, the houses behind me have been flooded up to hip height twice:eek: we have been without water for 3 days now and have coped ok so far. luckily my son filled up every availible water container just before the water went off so we still have a fair bit left. i have a pile of washing up like you wouldnt believe my kitchen/toilet looks like a bombs hit it...will do the washing up later in an inch of water. i would kill to have a shower, my son is loving it as he see`s it as a valid excuse not to brush his teeth :rolleyes:, we will be starting to run out of clean clothes very shortly. who knows what state of bedraggledness we will be in in 2 weeks or so when the water is turned back on
a friend rang up earlier and asked if i`d be willing to go help the red cross tomorrow, probably doleing out the bottled water...
how is everyone else in Glos coping with no tap water and having their homes invaded with germ filled river water? good luck to you all!!

JoeyG

I'm quite lucky really... my flatmate's parents live in the hills towards Cirencester so I'm popping over there every couple of days to shower and fill up a large container with water.

I really feel for parents with young children at this time... although any that live near me seem to have (quite sensibly) moved elsewhere until things are back to normal... Being a 28 year old male with no family commitments, I would certainly be helping the red cross if I wasnt in work this week.

tru

ang, my house is in about the same state as yours

I'm coping by pretending that I'm camping - in a big brick tent instead of a small canvas one Actually, proper camping would be better, at least there'd be a shower block :rotfl:

cheltonian

We have plenty of bottled water but no shower for me my wife or 2 kids for 4 days now. Washing is piling up and being careful in the kitchen.

We are going to wash soon , bucket and sponge

JoeyG

tru wrote: »

ang, my house is in about the same state as yours

I'm coping by pretending that I'm camping - in a big brick tent instead of a small canvas one Actually, proper camping would be better, at least there'd be a shower block :rotfl:

It could be a long camping trip!.. some of the projected timescales are getting pretty scary now, lets hope they are just worst-case scenarios

On a more positive note, i'm amazed how few utensils I can use when cooking if I really put my mind to it!

Whereabouts roughly are you cheltonian? i'm down by Suffolk Square and the Bowsers have only just started popping up here, i've yet to pass one which isnt empty though

tanith

I can't even imagine how you are all coping , it can't be easy and its looking like there will be more people inundated later tonight.... I hope things get easier soon for you all and all I can say is well done for coping and keeping a sense of humour when I am sure all you really want to do is SCREAM:eek:

vickitoria13

im trying to keep working in dinglewell at the moment but have been trying to help by offering to get water for those who cant. i am one of the lucky few who has some water at home so please pm me and i will try and fill up some bottles for people but cant say how long it will last but feel guilty for having the water lol good luck everyone and hope it gets better soon for those of you who are worse off than me ,vicki x

tomstickland

I live in Stonehouse and have water plus a washing machine etc. PM me if I can be of any assistance.

cheltonian

JoeyG, i am near the Exmouth Arms on Bath Road. We were supposed to have a bowser here this morning, but no sign yet. Visited 4 this afternoon all empty. Rang Severn Trent, took 30 mins. I am not confident. At the moment we are relying on bottled water for drinking and cooking, waste water goes down the loo

tomstickland

Some interesting videos on the BBC site, showing the electricity substation pumping operation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6910000/newsid_6913600/6913683.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&nol_storyid=6913683&news=1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6910000/newsid_6913800/6913805.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&nol_storyid=6913805&news=1

I can't believe the narratives though; as corny and stupid as "The Day Today".

JoeyG

cheltonian wrote: »

JoeyG, i am near the Exmouth Arms on Bath Road. We were supposed to have a bowser here this morning, but no sign yet. Visited 4 this afternoon all empty. Rang Severn Trent, took 30 mins. I am not confident. At the moment we are relying on bottled water for drinking and cooking, waste water goes down the loo

I took a walk from mine down bath road at lunchtime and didnt see a single one.
I couldnt believe there arent any in the bath road car park... surely they could put a couple there, or maybe they are worried about visitors parking up and helping themselves?

A few have popped up in Tivoli and Montpellier, but all empty when i saw them.