The parents had a sort of tornado affair this afternoon in Rathdowney, Co Laois. Brought a tree down across the road ( which they've moaned about for years! ) and sucked the gravel off the drive and spat it at the windows - two traffic cones went about fifty yards - etc..
There's just no arguing with those sorts of things. We had a proper tornado in Cyprus, Christmas Eve 1970 - the aftermath looked like a lawnmower had run over a train set.