‘On opening the bathroom door, I saw that the roof was off that part of the house and when I opened the door the ceiling of the room also disappeared; we then went to the toilet which was next door to the bathroom and as I opened the door, I saw the outside wall of the toilet disappear; I then went to the main bedroom of the house and saw that the end outside wall had disappeared and that the side walls of the room were moving under the pressure of the wind… My wife and I attempted to hold the bathroom and toilet doors shut and we placed our two children between our bodies to protect them.’

– Detective Sergeant Thomas C Baker[i]