Concerning the storm "Kyrill": I remember that day. Our last 2 lessons in school were cancelled because of the storm. That was cool.
My dad picked me up from school and I went with him to his office. I sat there at the computer next to the window. And suddenly I heard a noise. Outside the garbage cans fell to the ground and the wind was pushing them to a tree. An hour later, I became hungry, so I decided to go to the supermarket which is 3 minutes away (if you walk). But it was so much rain and wind that I decided to take the car. So I drove to the supermarket and parked the car. When I wanted to open the door, so that I could get out, I could only open it with some force. Because the wind was blowing so hard.
On the next day, when I went to school I saw that a lot of trees were broken or had fallen down. The pics of cathwillows show very well how the surrounding looked like at school.