HOLY COWWWW! I saw these pictures on the news earlier! MAN, that is what I call a storm. I heard it was something like 55 meters/second or something... CRAZY! I'm happy you and your boyfriend are okay, Nachtie.

(FIIIIIIIIRST! Without even cheating! *oba dance*)

I know, it was crazy! I even took the lift to get to my friend's apartment last night, even though she only lives one floor above, because I didn't want to take the stairs which requires to go on the balcony. I live on the twelfth floor, the storm sort of scared me...I hope you're both fine, you and your boyfriend! Thank god it's over...that was one hell of a storm...

Glad to hear your okay. It's unbelievable weather around the world. In Malibu Beach California they have SNOW! Arizona SNOW! These are places which are usually hot. I couldn't believe the news last night when they were showing what Kyrill was causing across Europe. Unbelievable! This is really scary. Take care.

Gald you're ok as well. Over here in CH we didn't had much trouble. We had a lot worse a few years ago. Berlin HB looks poorly built. Open only a few months and now it had to be evacuated because it was falling apart...

WOW those are some crazy pics. The important thing is that you and your loved ones are ok, I hope everything is more or less back to normal for you.

Wow, I hadn't even heard of the storm (I don't watch the news... ever, it just scares me too much). I'm just happy you are okay, and your boy too... your heart must have been running so high before you heard of everybody you care about.

Thank God you and your partner are safe, Nacht! What a fright. Be safe!

Woah - I'm getting flashbacks of the hurricane I went through a couple of years ago. There's no escaping the weather it seems...

Glad you're ok...and a couple of pics that will surely be captioned in a future email.

Thank you so much everyone for your kind comments and concern. That really was quite an adventure, but my family and friends are all fine, as far as I can tell. Speaking of which, I'm off to my parents for dinner in a minute (I'm already too late, as usual ), but I'll talk to you later tonight. Take care.

Iphigenie: I haven't forgotten you, I just had not enough time to answer you yet.

Glad you and your friend are OK. Good luck with the clean up.

Hi, Nacht. Glad to hear that you and yours are okay. The BBC has said the UK and Germany have been the worst hit. There are some pictures here.

Where I live, some falling trees blocked roads, but I have some trees and they lost only a few twigs.

wow. there's never any crazy weather like that were i live.

Ohh My God I didnt watch the news this past days and Europe is in CaoS. I'm glad you and your partner are fine. I live in Puerto Rico so We here have big Hurricanes all the time and it's so incredible what nature can destroy in only seconds.

Take care of yourself and your loved ones,
Chiao,
Isa

I didn't even know Europe got hit with hurricanes. Glad to hear that everyone you know is safe. Be careful though--some trees might still fall over because the soil and root structure might be weakened, or a branch might snap off later on. Stay safe.

Thanks again for all the kind words!

Elin: You can say that again! It was about 150 kph where I live, and about 200 kph in the alps. Absolutely crazy! What about Sweden? I didn't hear anything, but you said you had lost your internet connection and phone for about four hours; was that because of the storm?

Ramona: I saw pictures from around Cologne and Bonn in the news. I think Kyrill hit your region a bit harder than Düsseldorf and the Ruhrgebiet. I'm glad to hear you're fine too. I wouldn't have dared to go on a balcony either, no way! Did you hear the weather forecast for the next week? Up to 20 degrees colder than now and snow storms! Brrr... And you said we can't go ice skating because of the warm weather.

April: Unbelievable indeed. I saw the pictures of California in the news. I guess that's the snow we are supposed to have over here now, but instead it's about 12-16 degree Celsius (up to 20 degree Celsius in Austria - the last night!). Personally I don't complain about mild temperatures, but it's just not right at this time of the year. We humans can cope with this unnatural rhythm somehow, but what about all the poor animals and plants?

dju: Glad to hear you hadn't much trouble and are safe. Oh, and as for Berlin HB, that's so... They said in the news that there will be further investigations as to how this could possibly have happened. Uhm, well, let me guess...

Greta: Yes, we are all fine and it's more or less back to normal again. Apart from some fallen trees nothing more serious happened in my neighbourhood.

Iphigenie: You're right, I was a bit concerned about friends and family members who live in more affected regions, but luckily they are all okay.

Opal: I stayed at home the whole day, so I was pretty safe, but my partner had to work outdoors, most of the time alone, and I called him at least five times yesterday to check if he's okay. I'm usually not easily frightened, but yesterday was kind of an exception.

mrn: I doubt that it was as bad as the hurricanes you guys in the US are usually dealing with, but it certainly was enough to scare us Europeans quite a bit.

Thanks for stopping by, IndianaMom. I'm in the lucky position that nothing serious happened to our house, but some people certainly will need luck with their clean ups, especially those in the north and south.

Ethan: I'm so glad to hear from you. I have to admit I was a bit concerned. I constantly switched between German news and BBC yesterday and the pictures from the UK were really scary, especially those of the coast. I'm glad the worst you experienced was the loss of a few twigs.

tv_addictt: Well, that's what I thought about Germany until we had all the '100-year floods' some years ago, and now a country-wide storm... I wonder what comes next.

Isa: The destruction the hurricanes cause in your country is really unbelievable. As I said before, Kyrill was nothing compared to these hurricanes, but it was enough for my taste...

home: Well, it came a bit as a surprise for me too. They said something about a huge storm in the news the day before yesterday, but I hadn't expected anything like that. No need to worry, I'll stay away from trees wherever possible.

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I think this was my longest comment (or rather comments) I ever wrote, and I hope I didn't make too many mistakes. Besides, my 'computer time' is over , at least for the next hour or so, but I'll try to come back later (just in case you're wondering where I am, Greta and Elin. )

No, I did not hear next weeks weather forecast, and if you're right, I refuse to. That can't be true! Yes, I want to go ice skating, but not on the streets! Help...the weather is just crazy right now. I really hope we don't get another storm!

What, you don't like ice skating on the streets? Now, wouldn't that be fun?

I saw it on "Deutsches Wetter Fernsehen", a digital channel that shows weather reports 24/7, non stop (don't ask, Jan subscribed to it... ).

Have to go now, hope to talk to you later (if you're still awake when I'm back )

I hope you get the computer back. I will be back on later, but I have to go see one of my friends in the real world for a while. But I should be on later.

woah stay safe everybody! hope nobody was in those cars

I think most of the cars that were crashed were just parking and nobody was in there...but a few people actually died in their cars. A storm like that is really scary, I'm glad nobody I know got hurt.

Natch, whoosh! Those photos are scary. I know the reality was much scarier. I am glad your partner was unharmed by the falling tree. Honestly, yes I am an uninformed American, I never knew Europe or UK got storms like our hurricanes. Weather is amazing and awesome. Take care and hug your loved ones tight. Snow? In Malibu? We have sleet in south Louisiana right now. What is going on? The WeatherGods must have it in for us.

Just stopping by to say hi! I hope you get the computer back soon I miss you.

hey nacht,

glad you're ok! these were some crazy days around here, ha? did you hear, that the the highest speed of the storm was reached in austria with 207 km/h? incredible! horrible! weather is going mad all over the world .... i wonder, if we could have anything to do with it ....

nice greetings

Nacht: What, you don't like ice skating on the streets...

I seem to do this a few times every winter in my car!

Hell: Ramona is right, most cars were empty when they got hit by a tree, but I heard about at least three people who died in their car.

Ramona: I'm glad to hear nobody you know got hurt. I lost my internet connection the last one and a half days, and the DB has still big trouble here in the Ruhrgebiet, but other than that it's almost back to normal again.

Greta: Hi! Well, I got the computer back, but unfortunately not the internet connection... Hope you had a great weekend, and I missed you too.

Hi daluwe! I'm glad you're okay too. The last I heard was something about up to 225 kph, but I can't remember if it had been in Germany or Austria. Absolutely crazy! I only hope they're wrong with the snow storms they predicted for the next week...

Ethan: I hope you have good snow tyres then. That's one reason why I prefer the trains most of the time.

At least we still have today. Don't get too lost reading everyone's blogs. I hope we can find some time to talk today.

Wow, there were a lot of new blogs, and I'm not sure I have seen all of them. At least I tried...

I hope you're online now, I've only 30 minutes left until it's time to go to bed (alarm clock goes off in four and a half hours).

I'm only line, but now you only have about 15 minutes left we'll have to make the most of it.

It sounds like your alarm goes off about the same time as mine, well in my time zone the same time.

5am, to be precise. I'll have to get up sooner than usual due to the train chaos in my area.

I'm afraid I have to go now. I hope we'll have more time tomorrow.

Yup that's when mine goes off too. I'm sorry you have to get up earlier. I hope the chaos gets cleared up soon.

I hope you have more time tomorrow too.

I guess you didn't have anymore time today. I hope your training is going well.

I hope your head has gotten better since this morning.

Nacht got herself in a little accident, she's doing ok but has been laid up for a few days. The details are on my blog.

Hey there, Nachtie, look after yourself! And the next time you're on that bus, hold on tight...

If your injuries were the driver's fault, you should ask the bus company for damages.

hey nacht. sup?

I didn't want you to think no one loves your blog even if you are here to use it much lately. I hope your training is going well.

I hope you're fine and your training is fun, but I'm starting to miss you around here! Come back to us! Please?

I second Ramona's motion come back to us! I miss cross posting with you.

I hope everything is going well for you. Seriously, let us know how you are doing everyone in a while.

I just wanted you to know I'm beating you in submissions and levels now.

Are you ever coming back?

You naughty Nacht, we'd like to have some news of you!

Naaaaacht? where are yooooooou????? wowzers she's really gettin' good at hide'n'seek

loff Kweenie xoxo

Just dropping by to say hello. Unfortunately it's a sad day on the site as one of the busiest editors and bloggers on the site passed away on Friday, hoffman9102. Hopefully everything is going well in your neck of the woods.

We all miss you!!! Come back Nacht! Wo steckst du nur?

Hugs, Ramona

Missing you over at the Blake's 7 guide!

Ector

I miss you Nacht, please come back.

Come back, please, please?