UK Storm: The Small Aftermath

As I write this (1am last night) I am trying to get to sleep, but the sound of rain (which is normally soothing) is joined by a loud howl of wind that is literally throwing the rain at my window. I didn't believe that the storm was going to be this severe. The MET office normally over exaggerate what is going to happen, but in this case I think they were right to call it a "hurricane like storm". I went downstairs earlier and peaked out the back door. I saw that next doors fence is on top of our now flattened garden table and the matching chairs were nowhere to be seen. Then I stepped back from the window to step in a puddle, where water has been getting through the gaps in our door and making a pool of rain water. We're not the only ones, of course! Many of my friends have had power cuts and another friend text me to say that his shed door was flying around the garden. 

Here is what our garden looked like this morning...

It may not look like much, but it was god damn noisy last night when the wind was moving around the fences and the chairs. I hope it isn't the same tonight. Go away horrible weather, you are not welcome!