I no longer have a gate to close in my back yard, my glasshouse blew over to the neighbours (which they kindly tied down to keep it from going further) and the other neighbours alumimium 3x3m shed was uplifted and a third of it dumped onto one of my fences. I should have taken a photo, but we were too preoccupied with securing everything and pushing the shed back over so that it didn't get uplifted again and end up through a window or similar.
One of the houses over the road appears to have narrowly missed a tree through their roof, as a huge one has fallen over and is lying in their back yard. There are several trees in the hilly area across from us that have been uprooted and lying down. Not to mention many broken branches that have cracked sharply from trunks and fallen to the ground.
On the way home from work there were trees lying halfway across the road in a couple of places and lots of debris was flying everywhere. Outside is a nasty place to be. We have been instructed to conserve water usage by 70-80% for the next 2-3 days due to how long it will take to fix a burst water main. The power has gone out 3 times in 4 hours.
I am hoping that there is going to be little additional damage to what has already happened and nobody gets badly hurt.
