I also assign unfounded rumours. There's one going round that Ulley Dam has now breached (it hasn't...yet) due to some electrical surges which mean we are being told not to use electricity if possible, which is raising a bit of panic because when/if it does go, all our electricity will be knocked out as the main substation lies in the path of any floodwater!
I also assign sanguinity - we are far too prone to this here, which is why so many people were caught out on rooftops yesterday, assuming it would 'all come to nowt'. I've even heard one or two people being overly bullish today. Or maybe that's just down to something else 'bullish' that folk can be prone to?