We were very lucky during the recent bad weather, to have not really been affected. We are so grateful, it was just heartbreaking to see so many people lose their homes and prized possessions in the floods - I can't even imagine how devastating that would be.
For us, we had lots of rain and wind, but no threat of flooding, and luckily, we kept power for most of the time too.
When we first moved into our house over 8 years ago, we cut down any tall trees around the house. However, we still have plenty of huge gum trees scattered around the yard, which regularly drop branches during storms. But this time, it wasn't a branch that fell, it was a massive tree!