Flood Safety...

This article was published Wednesday. With strict warnings coming to homes in leaflet style... NO drinking, NO washing up, NO mixing into baby feed (Really? That had to be said? Are there people who were all "well, we can't drink it but if we mix it with baby food it'll be fine for Junior!") The water runs ONLY for flushing, showering and laundry.

And yet... I keep forgetting!! Twice now I have had to boil the insides of my mouth because I forgot about teeth brushing and we have re-washed dishes everyday because we keep forgetting about that, too!! It is SOOO hard to show patience and forbearance. Mainly, because I am not sure what that means but it is SOOO hard!!

After 11 days of deluges and shortages, residents in flooded Gloucestershire today received some good news, of sorts, with news that water supplies would start flowing to almost half of the properties cut off from the mains supply.
Residents are being warned, however, that the water cannot be used for drinking or cooking, even if boiled: it is exclusively for sanitary purposes, such as bathing, flushing toilets and washing clothes.
Water will start flowing to around 60,000 homes through 1,000 miles of empty pipes.

Severn Trent Water's Martin Kane said the company aimed to get all 130,000 properties without running water reconnected by August 5.
But it remained unclear how long it would take to get safe drinking water into homes and businesses.

Mr Kane urged people affected to "please be patient while we work through this plan".
Gloucestershire's chief police constable, Tim Brain, said: "Please show patience and forbearance. Supplies are returning; it may be a

few hours or a few days away."