>>Weather forecasters were heavily criticised after the event, TV weatherman Michael Fish came in for a large amount of criticism after he answered a viewers query, "Earlier on today apparently a lady rang the BBC and said she heard that there was a hurricane on the way. Well don't worry if you're watching, there isn't."
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>>That night (I was in the thick of it) 15 million trees were knocked down!
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>This Sunday night we were supposed to be brushed by the west edge of the tropical depression Gabrielle. The simulations and projections all showed it going northeast.
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>Except that we were under its east edge - it went about 100 miles more to the west than predicted. To us here, it's the same, we got a few minutes of sprinkle several times, just to tie the dust, but I think folks in Williamsburg were a bit surprised.

Strangely, although there was widespread carnage, trees uprooted, roofs ripped off, etc, all I sufffered was: a load of autumn leaves filled my basement steps and a plastic plant pot fell over in my garden :-)