Electrical Storm

As I write this we are currently in the middle of the best electrical storm I've experienced for ages. Being at the top of the High Wycombe valley, I have a panoramic view of the lightning striking down around us. The office is slowly being flooded. So much rain has fallen that the gutters and roof can't cope. Water is pouring in through the window seals, soaking the carpets and cascading over power lines. At any moment I might lose this posting. It's very exciting. One of our 'Crisis Team' has just told me -- in his best Hollywood action movie voice -- that they've had to "cut the power on the other side of the building!". I am expecting us to be evacuated any second.

To top things off, our dimwitted HR Fools decided to force our Facilities Manager to resign last week, and he's out of the office today on gardening/beer leave. Instant Karma again (Kate). He's going to be soooo eager to fix the office tomorrow...

And now I'm hearing that (as usual) the freak weather is causing the closure of most of Wycombe's roads through flooding. There is also an accident on the M40 back to Oxford. Time to leave I think...