"They hid under the church and it flew away. All the other houses had flown so the men stood around in a circle and the women and children stood in the middle.

"They stood there until the morning in the rain and the wind.”

#TCHarold: Not a normal storm. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/414299/as-if-it-was-bombed-vanuatu-s-pentecost-devastated-by-cyclone-harold">https://www.rnz.co.nz/internati...

Rain drops flying at 155 knots (290 kph) are agonising after only seconds. Then add a few twigs, rocks, bits of flying glass…. That’s what these men put themselves through to protect their loved ones.

For hours.

Meanwhile the NDMO chugs along, working normal office hours, leaving calls & emails unanswered, ignoring offers of support, offering no daily briefing, and pleased with how calm and reasonable the process is this time, compared to the frantic pace of the TC Pam response.