Still thinking of you all. Thanks Maeve for that update on windows - I have to admit the reason I remembered it was because it seemed odd. The houses with the gable ends seem to have lost them because they had no trees filtering the wind, as the identical ones which did had no damage. (This does not stop the owners wanting us to cut them down!)

And on trees, and I don't think this one is dubious, after '87, there were warnings for amateurs trying to clear trees with chain saws. Apparently a windthrown tree has energy stored in twisted branches in unpredictable ways, and can whip dangerously when that energy is released on cutting.

Penny