It is evening now and it's been quiet outside for a couple of hours.
The worst of the storm was at the end of the morning and the beginning of the afternoon. I left you with a wobbly wooden crate outside! I posted the blog and then grabbed my things to move over to my boyfriend's dad's house. I just didn't trust things inside the cabin enough anymore.
Taking good care of the door, I went outside and walked over to the door of the house. Once I hit the last few steps in the open wind, I had to actually do my best not to be blown off my feet! I quickly unlocked the door and went inside. There, I settled down on the couch with a blanket and I mostly checked news posts about the storm.
I told you the trains stopped riding alltogether. Many trees had fallen and the trails just weren't clean enough I guess. The airport in Amsterdam also delayed all flights for a while, whereas they had first planned to just cancel the European flights.
The first real images were of plenty of trucks that fell over and blocked many roads. More pictures came in of trees that fell down and of garden furniture migrating to other gardens. Then, little clips came in of dixie toilets sliding down the street and rooftops flying off!
There was also a video of people falling down and actually being blown away!
Crazy, right? Atleast it is for the Netherlands.
After a while, my boyfriend's dad came home to find me on his couch and told me he had planned to call me to say I could hide out there, so it was good I made that decision. He had to get back to work, but wanted to see if everything was still standing.
This is what happened to the wobbly wooden crate:
Luckily, it didn't damage anything so our windows are still intact. One of the name signs of our cabin neighbours (the furniture maker) had been broken too, so that's now lying outside of our home aswell. Besides that, everything's still standing here.
I had told my boyfriend I'd rather have him stay inside for the lunch, instead of the usual lunch break walk. Luckily, he listened and was safe at work during the worst of the storm.
Three people died in the Netherlands due to falling trees and branches. There ofcourse is also loads of damages. Bad storm for our little country, but it's over now.
Let's end on a good note and see how a fellow Dutchy keeps thinking positive:
Thanks for stopping by! If you've enjoy this article, try my other sites:
| Photo shop | Foodblog | Photo gallery | Twitter | Twitch | YouTube |
Become my patron and earn yourself a mention or permanent place in my blog posts!
Fair warning: Copy/paste comment and obvious bot comments will get flagged.