Fireman banging on all the doors on my street at 2am last night, I opened the window and he said "there is a 2 foot surge coming down the river due in about ten minutes. Get your stuff and go to the station where a bus will evacuate you to the Kassam Stadium". Bit of a shock.
We were already on Severe Flood Warning so the sandbags are in place and the furniture is moved upstairs. So we got out of the house but hung around and watched for three hours. The Thames was about 3 inches higher, highest it's been so far, but no surge came. Went back to bed at 5. I am very tired now, and getting annoyed with this river.
