I'm glad you didn't suffer much damage. I really fine storms to be so beautiful and exciting too... We had a heavy storm here recently. Thankfully the very high winds only lasted about 20 minutes, but it was suficiente to pull off part of my roof. I was hoping to have a bit more time before needing to replace the roof. Ha. It also rooted off the tops of a few tall eucalyptus trees and brought down many branches.