I still remember that night well. I was living in Wallington, near Croydon in South London. The wind woke me up. There was no power, gradually the radio stations went off the air one by one, leaving only "the Voice Of America" transmitting. I well remember sitting on the bed drinking tea (Gas Cooker!!) and watching the reflection of a candle in the picture window. The glass was bowing. At 1st light I ventured outside to find trees down, crushed cars, and blocked railway lines. I am about 1 mile from Oaks Park in Carshalton where they lost 10000 trees. It still hasn't recovered yet. Being thoroughly British, I still managed to get to work, walking the 5 Miles to Croydon, Climbing over trees on the way. Scary but fascinating night.