Oh.... Dear.

I am not naturally inclined to curse (despite many of the muses being willing to). I find my habit of very rarely swearing means that when I do swear it is far more effective. I am sorely tempted now.

3 days we've have 3 foot of water outside (remind me to vent spleen all over our council), trapped inside. The water has not receded an inch.

And it's raining again. Not showers. Heaving it down.

Worse, the drain which pulls all our water to the Humber is now overflowing and bursting it's bank. Worse, they are going to have to close the sluice gates on the drain because the Humber is tidal - and if they don't the tide will bring us MORE water.

They are now talking evacuation (which I'm not doing. If chaos is happening all around me it will happen in my HOME thank you. Even if the electrics do pack in I have my lovely books here and enough stored gubbins to last me until the apocalypse).

Ok, now I need to borrow Thor's Hammer and find Loki, he's got some 'splainin to do.

To add:

I don't think all the news has made it clear, but this doesn't happen.

No, really. This is NOT a flood area. It NEVER floods here. Seriously. This whole area is completely unprepared for this.

Let me repeat - THIS IS NOT A FLOOD area. We got a full MONTH'S worth of rain in less than 24 hours. This is the third flood in living memory in the area - the first of which was a bad water main. The second of which? Was about 2-3 weeks ago.

Not a flood area, then 2 in one year caused by frankly unbelievable weather.

Some pictures (stolen from Wyrdrune and the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/humber/content/image_galleries/floods_250607_gallery.shtml?1) of what has happened in the region.