Jeez, I had not quite realised the amount of the damage incurred. Gordons before and after pics are indeed shocking, more so to contemplate what it must have been like to be in the area with it all going on around you..!!! We had a bit of a storm, and did without power for three hours or so.
Saw pics on the news last night of an old folks home that had been without power for days...!!!
While we live on an exposed site on the side of the valley but a field away from the outer edge of suburbia, we are used to power cuts on occasion. Seeing images of roof damage causes me to feel most fortunate that we on the West side of the country had none of that. Last year around this time I spent months up on the roof removing moss from every single tile. The last big storm we suffered a few years back we had two trees blocking the road, one an old oak that stood guard at the start of the single track road into our enclave, and the other a large pine that we had to cut into man sized sections to clear the road. Just looking at the pics posted here, I can only begin to imagine the mammoth task involved in clearing up and the repairs required.
On the upside I think events like that can also bring out the very best in folk, and may cause a degree of re-set in community spirit, much required since so many over the years seem to have retreated into a silo lifestyle in this digital age... Hmm..?
