I was in my room, tucking into breakfast, when the alarm went off. The announcement said “there has been an incident, Please evacuate the building…”  So I grabbed some clothes, and put them on, found my room key and cell phone, and made my way down the 14 floors (by stairs) to the front of the hotel. Most of the staff and guests were already gathered in the pouring rain, and some staff members were distributing umbrellas. I could see a cascade of HOT water pouring from the roof above the entrance lobby, and the staff were trying to sweep as much of it as possible out of the front door. I’m still unsure about what happened, but it seems a hot water pipe above reception started leaking, and then burst, just as an engineer was having a look at it!  The fire brigade took around 20 minutes to arrive, and set about trying to pump out the excess water. In the meantime, we were all escorted into the ballroom to the side of the hotel, and sat there waiting. After a good hour and a half, I was starting to get a bit concerned, because I was due at the gig to sort out my equipment, and Lynette organised for a security guard to accompany me to my room, so I could fetch my stuff, and leave. I finally got to the gig at around 2pm, to discover that the power was STILL off. Luckily, I was told that Elton was coming in an hour later than originally planned, so I had a bit of breathing space. The generator was finally powered up at 2.30pm, and Pete and I then busied ourselves with about 3 hours worth of preparation in an hour and a half!  Miraculously, we completed it in time, and Elton arrived at 4, halfway through us running through a couple of songs. He was on fine form… laughing, joking, playing tunes on the piano… We ran several numbers, until we were all satisfied, after which there was time for some food, and a bit of relaxation.