I work in Gloucester and live in Stroud and was sent home early on Friday. It was quite scary as I had to turn round twice (once in flood water) and had to drive through three 'lakes' to get home. From what I can gather though, I had it easy!!
We had minor floods in Stroud (6 feet at the bottom of our hill - thank heavens that we are at the top!)
But it is getting worse and worse up here! I went into work this morning (Quedgeley in Gloucester) to see water tanks on the side of the roads and no traffic lights. There is no water and no electricity and this is impacting on the supermarkets and petrol stations, as well as business.
Two people that I work with have their houses flooded. One not too badly, but the other under 8 feet of water and it is still rising. A chap who Simon works with has had his house flooded out for the second time in two weeks - his is on the news in Longlevens in Gloucester.
So, I have now been sent home as we have no water and no electricity in Gloucester. Stroud, where I live, is expecting to lose their electricity, but thankfully, we still have water. I think Mark in Cheltenham has about 20 hours of water left.
Simon is still in the centre of Gloucester as they have a back up generator, but due to no water, they are sending most staff home.
There does seem to be a good community spirit with people sharing what they have. Water is being given out as well by any supermarkets that are open - there were reports of fighting over water on Sunday though!
This is expected to go on for about 3 days.........
Elaine
Just heard that some 'phones services are now down as well!
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