WezV - Contacting him might be tricky for a bit - details inside

[Roobubba]

Due to a fire very close to where he lives:
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/burtonmail/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=364480
Wez informs me that he's not got a telephone line operational at home (and it sounds as though the electricity was out for some time, too!).

He might be able to reply in here, but I think his connection from work is quite limiting - so if you're trying to contact him, don't be offended if he doesn't get back to you immediately - there is good reason!

Roo

[FernandoDuarte]

Hopes the normality gets back soon!

[PhilKing]

having been to Wez's place a few times, I know he lives in the terrace you can see after the garage.  I'm glad that they are all ok there.  Is his mobile still OK?  I am back in England in a couple of weeks and was going to drop in to see him and give him some parts that he wanted.

[WezV]

Thx Roo!!

Just to explain the situation here, i can use quick reply at work- but cant get onto the respond page - which means i also cant respond to PM's.  I will get back to people as soon as i can.

So.... yesterday at 4.30 am i was awoken by a very loud banging at the door and blue flashing lights outside and they told us to prepare for evacuation!!

The electric went off about 6am.  Apprently the fire was due to an electrical fault so they needed to get into the church before restoring electric to the rest of us.  They got the fire out by about mid day and were about to go in and sort it out when part of the building collapsed.  So we hd to wait till tehy had pulled down most of the building and made it safe before they could sort it out.

that was finally done by 11pm last night!!

Phone landlines (mobiles are fine) were still out when i left this morning and if they are still out when i get home from work i wont be around here much over the weekend.  But i will get the pictures off my phone onto here asap ;) and will respond to messages when i can

Luckily there were no fatalities... but there was a moment when we thought it might be another waco!!!



 

[dave_mc]

glad you're ok, wez :)

[WezV]

cheers!!

strangely i have just got home and the phones are still down - - but the internet connection is working.  cant complain about that!

BT say its an underground fault because of the fire, engineers are coming tomorrow but dont know what they will find or when it will work again!!

there is a silver lining to all this... parking on my street had become impossible since they changed the old bingo hall to a church, that issue has now been solved  (i swear it wasnt me who started it ;) ) 

[dave_mc]

^ :lol:

i was just glad to hear you were ok, reading the title i was expecting to read you'd been in an accident or something... :)

[MrBump]

I reckon someone left their soldering iron on...

Wez..?

[WezV]

i tell you what... when i was woken up by the banging on the door and blue flashing lights i thought the same!!!

[WezV]

Pics:

4.30am


7.30 am


this morning:


ones from the papers:

[dave_mc]

wow. that's a big fire. :(

[Roobubba]

On the plus side, it didn't spread to Wez's place.

Thank **** for small mercies eh?!

Roo

[MrBump]

Yikes!  Big fire!

[horsehead]

God could you imagine if the new workshop had gone up! Glad your OK wez.

[WezV]

On the plus side, it didn't spread to Wez's place.

Thank **** for small mercies eh?!

Roo

its funny, when i phoned work to tell them i was going to be late and explain the situation they questioned why it actually affected me at all... but i know full well that the bitch i spoke to lives in a large detached house in the country side... a fire in her neighbours wouldnt be quite the same risk!!

internet connection is intermitent at the moment... i expect i will loose it all together once the engineers have been