You've seen all the news stories and pictures of the damage Storm Goretti wreaked across the far South West of Cornwall .
Yes , lots of trees , but not only trees , but peoples homes have been badly smashed . See the above picture of the Poldhu Nursing Care Home . This must have been very ,very frightening for all the residents , their families and staff !
People have been without power, water , internet , and phone connection . So it seems that our new phones can't get a signal to ring for help in an emergency !
We had a very nerve wrecking drive to the hospital and then on to a health centre in a hard to find village , driving down narrow country lanes with fallen trees everywhere .
A big thankyou to the teams of men who were out early , clearing the main roads of fallen trees that enabled folk to get in to work . ..... such as the nurses and doctors at the hospital and health centre .
A big thankyou to the electricity guys also , out fixing and restoring power to our homes . I'm not sure if everybody is back on yet still .
It has been a really miserable time ,
We have been collecting bottled water . A big thankyou to the guys who were putting it into the boots of our cars .
You've seen all the pictures on the news , so I'm not going to post any more .
A huge thankyou to Kernow Weather Team , who on Facebook ,who were spot on with keeping us all informed with how the storm progressed ,with that really creepy sudden silence and calm before "the eye of the storm" moved on from us and the frightening hurricane force winds started up once again !
Thankfully ...we didn't have any real damage to our cottage ...... as far as we can see .
Feeling very tired after it all .
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