Thanks, downandlonely. We are alright. Like I said, we were spared. But watching that afternoon's weather unfold (via the news, out of our North-facing windows, and online for awhile) was a strange mixture of worrying and terrifying.

The big weather reporting people here in Canada missed it; so people weren't prepared to evacuate or do any prep for that storm. We were only told it would be heavy thunderstorms, and some wind gusts, which of course we are used to. (If we get tornadoes in this part of the world, they are one-offs, and normally happen years apart.)

The net effect was like a line of tornadoes that stretched for something like 600+ miles. It did an awful lot of damage. It was like the destruction you see in the Midwest during tornado season.

destruction in Ontario from derechos, May 2022 - Google Search