recent weather

laserblazer · Post by **laserblazer** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 6:46 pm

Twas very windy, kept us awake and one or two gusts were pretty fierce. There was garden furniture scattered around but I didn't see any sign of structural damage.

Graham · Post by **Graham** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:25 pm

Hi Mike - we are on Pestana (Gramacho). It seems that it was very localised - some villas got badly hit, some didn't.

We lost a lot of roof tiles and all but two trees. It was also strong enough to rip a large (about 100kg) plastic slide from it's bolts and send it (taking out a 20ft tree on the way!) into our neighbours garden.

It transpires that we are insured for the roofing and the slide - but not the trees. Since these are going to be expensive to replace, it may be worth checking your insurance to see if you are covered for these!

Misty · Post by **Misty** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:29 pm

Tuesday was the worst night we've had. Although I think it was even worse further East. Lots of large road signs had been blown down, trees all over and plenty more damage to buildings etc.