The weather makes the news (again!)

It's been a day of "chaos" here today - the train network throughout the entire country has been shutdown, major freeways are closed, a countless number of trees have blown over (killing at least 4 people in the process), roofs have blown off, and thousands of people are stranded unable to get home due to the lack of transport!!


The National Crisis Centre has warned everyone to stay inside and the icon you can see here was all that appeared this afternoon on the weather site!! For those of you who don't recognise the shape, the green splotch is Holland.

Yep, we have been having one big storm (mostly just lots of wind at up to 130km per hour) and some rain. It is still really difficult for me to comprehend that I am living in a country so small that EVERYONE can be affected by the same storm at the same time! Needless to say I wasn't too keen on cycling to school this afternoon. Luckily Jeroen was available to drop me off and pick me up :-))

Below you can find a couple of photos that give you a bit of an idea of what's been happening. I especially like the one of the new style "umbrella stand" ;-) Using an umbrella today was definately more of a con than a pro, with the risk of turning into Mary Poppins at dangerously high levels!

Alli xxx