England is flooded

july 24 2007

How awfull!

Large parts of England are flooded and an uncountable number of people are directly confronted with the devastating effect of the water that has made it's way everywhere.

My heart goes out to all these people.

I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes.
So many people have lost their houses, more than 350.000 people are without tapwater, more than 50.000 people are without power, and when Walham Station breaks down another 250.000 are added.

So many are afraid of what more will come.
The worst is not yet over.

A few years ago I had to move things upstairs, because there was a huge chance the dyke would break and our part of the country would be flooded.
We are lucky to live near the bridge and a higher part of the town, so I wasn't afraid for our lives. But the preparations were of a huge emotional impact.

Living near a large river I'm used to high water warning. Used to the walls being closed with two thick layers of wood and hore menure between them. It's an age-old and very tested way to keep the water out of the part of town near the river.

But at the site where we live we had no walls... just the dyke.
And that day it kept us safe.. just. The rains stopped just in time.

But now the rains won't stop anymore.
On the movies at the site of the BBC I see places I have been. Water everywhere.

I'm worried...

The winds are getting stronger here at the other side of the Channel.
Warnings about heavy winds and storm at the coast are issued.
I can't sleep, which usually means nature can't stay calm.

How will those winds and the storm affect England?

Where are the international help organisations?

My heart is with you...