Thanks, folks, it's great to have your support.

My office is about three minutes walk (OK, five allowing for crossing the road) from the Lanesborough. It is eerily quiet here, with just the odd emergency siren. Clearly traffic is either being prevented from coming or drivers have the good sense to keep away.

The bad news is there have been some deaths, though mercifully nowhere near as many as feared. For those affected, we offer our thoughts and prayers.

Disruption is the major problem. Our people can go home when they like today. I'm staying on, and am giving lifts to three colleagues who came in this morning on the Underground.

Tomorrow? We'll see. After all ... tomorrow is another day said Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind.