[crypt_staff] Re: Floods
- From: "Francis G. Loch" <francis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <crypt_staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 17:46:52 +0100
Hi Ian,
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian C Fyvie" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <crypt_staff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 7:39 PM
Subject: [crypt_staff] Re: Floods
> Hello Francis
>
> On 31-Jul-02, you wrote:
>
> > Well, I hope that everyone else has faired better than I have during the
> > recent floods. And, as I type, I see that the rain is starting again and
> > it's pretty heavy... :(
> >
> > My block of flats had been flooded last night by 12-18 feet of water, so
> > I'm not a happy chappie just now. :((
> >
> > This morning I had to put out nearly a dozen large black bin bags full
of
> > stuff that had been ruined by the flood. :(((
> >
> > Well, that's me had my moan...
> >
> > Again, I hope that everyone else has come off better than I have.
>
> I am fortunate that Cumbernauld is Built on a hill ..And I am half way
down,
> So flooding isn't a problem. However Ann had to go through to Glasgow
today
> to help out her eldest son and his wife, Like your self six feet of flood
> water in their flat, Electricity switched off because a Bus "Floated" into
> an electric box in the Street, Freezer defrosted ...£££ of shopping lost,
We had some cars 'floating' about our street. We even had some guy out in a
boat going around all of the houses to make sure that everyone was okay.
> But perhaps the worst thing is the "GUNGE" the floodwater has left behind.
Yes, the gunge (a mixture of mud and sewage) had covered everything in the
street.
>
> Mind you ...Yesterday ...Lightening MUST have struck pretty Dammed close
to
> our house, The "BANG" of the Thunder was like nothing I have heard before
> ...Except from explosions in the Hydro Schemes when I was younger.
>
> The Windows in the House actually rattled, Ann & I hit the Deck ...And we
> are still trying to peel Domino off the Ceiling ;)
Speaking of explosions, last night a car outside exploded into a ball of
flames. It woke me about at around 2:45am and was pretty horrific as it
looked as though the petrol tank had burst as the flames were travelling
along the ground setting the surround grass and bushes alight. It took the
fire brigade near enough an hour to put the flames out.
I've no idea what caused the car to go up like that. Perhaps an electrical
fault due to the floods.
>
> Can all this really be happening ...Just because I sprayed deoderant under
> my "Oxters" when I was 19?
>
> You have my sympathy Francis ... Hope your computer stuff is OK ?
Thanks.
Thankfully the flat wasn't too badly touched since we are high enough up,
but everything in my lockup is a write off. :( The only problem that I have
discovered that relates to the computer is that the phone line seems to have
been affected so that my connection speed is around 20 Kbps instead of the
usual 48 Kbps.
Kind regards,
Francis.
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