Here in South London the schools are shut for the second day, there is no water in the water pipes and everyone is using bottled water. It’s a third world country. I can’t even drown my sorrows in the local pub - it’s shut due to lack of water too.
Parts of Crowborough (including where I’m working) and surrounding villages have had no water since Saturday morning. We’ve had “people” bulk buying and then trying to sell 2litre bottles at £5!!! Water is now being distributed in various places, but it’s not enough for families to live anywhere near a normal life. No washing machines, showers etc.
We have portaloos at work and I can’t begin to say how disappointing it is to have a pee in one and then come out and find I’m not at a summer music festival… just the work’s car park.
I’m also off to Brockley, SE London after work to try and help a friend whose house had a burst pipe and has flooded the place and seeped in to the next house through the dividing wall.
I go to text message off Severn Trent at 11pm the other night and one the next day saying there are water issues due to the thaw and so many burst pipes.
Not in my area… not sure how targeted the messages are as they must have postcodes to work from.
Heard someone on the radio this morning (BBCLondon) saying she’d also been without water since Saturday morning. Her main complaint was the water company were tweeting the problems had been fixed - but she still had no water.
There is definitely a burst pipe by the crossing by work as there was water billowing out across the road, but whatever, mine is fine, so I don’t need to worry. LOL.