i'm so sad to hear about the devestating st. jude's storm in northern europe and especially its destruction in amsterdam and other parts of the netherlands!
Amsterdam was one of the hardest-hit cities as the storm surged up the Dutch coast. Powerful wind gusts toppled trees into canals in the capital's historic center and sent branches tumbling onto rail and tram lines, halting almost all public transport. Commuters faced long struggles to get home.
text in italics and photos from netherlands news websites
oh dear people of the netherlands (and everywhere else!) i'm so sorry to hear this terrible news.
sending love and well wishes from california.
xo
To see the sad destruction of those beautiful trees and the people whose lives have been jolted in Europe is truly sad. My grandmother lived in north London, and I spent many summers there as a child. A huge English oak grew right in front of the window of my childhood room, and its branches made little pawing noises on the window, and swoosh scratch noises as the old Routemaster London buses passed under it going on their rounds. It was blown down in the hurricane that hit southern England in October of 1987. My grandmother died that same year – it’s 25 years on, and they still touch me both deeply. Loss of a tree, loss of a human – loss of treasure both. My heart goes out to our all friends across the pond in Europe.
Glad you were no longer there but hurting for those who were. We certainly know what that is like and it is not good. My heart hurts for them.
Oh destruction is so sad and so undermining to a community. If your land and home are not safe, what is. Relying on the folk to hunker down and then overcome as they/we always do. Humans are amazing. Thanks for letting us know.
I read about the part in England but not anywhere beyond. It really does hit us in our gut when we read about devastation in a place we’ve visited or lived. It’s one of our ‘homes’ that is hurting and that touches us in a deeper way I feel.
Pretty much the entire country was hit. We at the Wadden Sea Islands had the joy of being one of the places with the hardest wind gusts upto 12 Beaufort (indeed hurricane force). Lots of damage to trees, houses and gardens. Luckily here nobody got hurt. A storm is a pretty regular thing on the islands, but this was a whopper and may have been the only one I didn’t enjoy, haha.
OMG, I hadn’t heard before now. Thanks for the news. So glad you weren’t there any later in the year!
Positive …….you have the “before” picktures to remind you/us how it used to look.
I saw coverage on the local news yesterday evening and felt a rush of emotion for everyone who was in it’s path but had not heard it also hit the Netherlands…I am grateful that you are tucked safely within Moss cottage but also feel such sadness that yet another beautiful place has felt natures fury, but the beauty will return, of that I am certain.
Oh my gosh! I cannot imagine. Bless their hearts. Will be hoping and praying for the very best help for all of them. And yes, I found myself thinking I was glad you came back to the States just in time!
Sheila
The first thing I thought about when I heard the news was that you were so fortunate to be there when you were. Having been through some hurricanes, I know how devastating a major storm can be to a community. Sending good wishes for the people in Europe who got hit by this storm. You can and will rebuild.
we had it yesterday. it was terrible. a few people got killled and lots were hurted.trees was falling and building damaged. lots of people got stucked outside when the public transport system broke down. I’m so happy it over for now