"A spokesman for Northgate conceded it might take another couple of weeks for all the data destroyed to be retrieved, but denied that any permanent harm had been done. 'No data has been lost for good as a result of the Buncefield explosion,' he said".
There you are all over by the middle of January and Total are already accepting liability in the blast zone.
Tradx if your short goes wrong and your feeling low, you can contact Total's Community counseling line for free on 0800 294 4250 as I guess your losses will be directly related to Buncefield also :)