, probably checked twenty time or more if something had fallen down the roof, trees still standing, workshop not blown away etc. when I heard strange noises. My direct neighbours did even more often after they lost the top corner tile of the roof which was facing the storm front and were lucky it did not fall into the windows when it came down. At some point I thought this is so dangerous to run around the house in that storm waiting that a tile falls on your head.... All long distance and later also short distance train connections where shut down. Bridges and motorways in our area were closed for traffic. No trains going in Germany has never happened before they said on the radio. And we were not hit worse in Northrhine-Westfalia, still 5 people died. The airpressure difference the strom ballanced out in Germany was 965 to 1015 which I learned is really a lot. My friends little son (10 years old) commented on the storm "now this is the climate catastrophy arriving, I wonder when we experience Tornados or Hurricanes". I guess if someone has to deal with the outcomings of nature raping then it is the now children and the next generations to come..... 
Brigitte
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