Fighting the floods

[okarol]

Fighting the floods

Monday, 23 July 2007, 12:58 GMT 13:58 UK

As large parts of England and Wales remain under water and others are expecting more severe weather to come, readers continue to share their stories.

Clair Evans, who lives in Gloucester, said the floods have forced her family to split up.

Her 13-year-old stepson has kidney failure and must use a dialysis machine every evening.

When the family heard warnings that the power supply may be cut off, they decided it was time to flee.

"Our family has been split into four by this flood," she said.

"My stepson and his brother are staying with their auntie, my two sons are with their father in Somerset, I'm with my seven-month-old son at my sister's in Somerset, while my partner remains at home with the pets.

"My partner is the only one qualified to hook his son up to his dialysis machine, so he had to go over last night, come home to look after the pets, then go back over to unhook him before he could go to work.

"We watched the news all day on Saturday, and when they said there was a danger of the power being lost we thought we would leave. My step-son has to use dialysis every night, so we didn't think it was worth waiting any longer.

"I'm not the sort of person who enjoys being away from home, so when we were leaving it was very difficult.

"But at the end of the day we can go back to a home that is not water-damaged. We are lucky not to have lost everything."

[goofynina]

WOW    It sure sounds like their emergency procedure is working out for them, hope everything goes back to normal soon.  I hope everyone here has a plan B in case of emergencies (i need to make one up myself)  Thanks Okarol for the heads up 

[kitkatz]

Yeah, we live in heavy earthquake country out here. I wonder what we are going to do in the event of earthquakes.