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Thursday, 13 February 2014

Zoom In Zoom Out #7

I'm relatively early in Helena's Week 7 of Zoom In Zoom Out - with an un-planned subject for my photos thanks to the 100 m.p.h. storms that ravaged the north west part of the UK.  The winds were bad, raising part of the roof of the train station, felling trees, closing motorways and damaging power lines.  We were warm and safe indoors, enjoying the Winter Olympic round-up on TV and marvelling at the men's double luge final.  Just before the climactic (gold-medal-winning) run from the Germans ... the light went out.
And stayed out.
Along with the TV, the heating, the cordless telephone, the internet router and Child No.3's laptop!

So it was time to break out the candles ...


... and the wind-up lanterns.  Luckily we have a gas hob, so hot water bottles and cups of tea were available.  By morning the power had been restored and we were grateful that only one panel of the (neighbour's) fence had blown down.  Other neighbours were less fortunate and lost roof tiles whilst for many others in the region the damage was worse and the power cuts longer.

I wonder how many others will zoom in and out on the effects of the UK storm this week?

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13 comments:

  1. Chidkid14 February 2014 at 06:58

    Oh Jemma..that's awful..I'm so glad you escaped relatively unscathed! I can't believe the devastation we are seeing on the news about how bad it is all over the country! Good subject photo though! Well done.

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  2. alexa14 February 2014 at 08:24

    Glad you were all Ok ... This has been our best winter for a long time up here, which seems very ironic, given what everyone else is undergoing. Your photos glow!

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  3. Missus Wookie14 February 2014 at 08:40

    Glad you had candles and hot water bottles - and were relatively unscathed.

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  4. helena14 February 2014 at 08:47

    glad to hear you only lost power overnight - the storms sound so awful but, like Alexa, we are not feeling any of it up here

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  5. Sue14 February 2014 at 12:17

    Glad you has other lights and something to make a cuppa.
    Roof coping stones and tiles missing on a few houses and trees causing damage to houses.Lucky no flooding here though.
    Sue

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  6. Sian14 February 2014 at 12:47

    It's good to hear that you stayed safe. We've been very lucky here and have escaped almost all of it

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  7. furrypig14 February 2014 at 17:34

    bloomin weather has been a nightmare!! Glad everything was ok xxx

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  8. Karen15 February 2014 at 18:16

    Makes me cold to think of it. We were once without power for 11 days after an ice storm. I don't ever want to repeat it! I'm quite sure we had nothing as beautiful as your candlescape, however.

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  9. Annie Claxton16 February 2014 at 11:38

    oh no! poor you - hope all is well for you now - I feel so lucky we've come through unscathed this winter when some have had so many difficulties. It's amazing that out of adversity came these beautiful photographs though - clever you! :o)

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  10. Lesley G16 February 2014 at 13:55

    Great photos capturing the warmth and safety of being indoors on such a grim night! We have been so lucky compared to many!

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  11. ComfyMom~Stacey17 February 2014 at 15:25

    Great photos! Glad to hear you came through the storms safe

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  12. Alison19 February 2014 at 20:29

    Great pics...and glad you got your power back on relatively quickly!
    Alison xx

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  13. Lisa-Jane21 February 2014 at 22:18

    I wonder how many people will be featuring the storms and power cuts in their scrapping for this January?! I know I will. Glad you are all ok.

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