There was a big storm last night which came right over Bandung. I was in Eddies bar when it struck and the power was off for nearly an hour. The Big Palm tree in our garden has snapped falling into the garden diagonally opposite, fortunately it did not hit anything of any consequence . Another tree snapped near the top and the tree next door split in half, again fortunately it missed the telephone cables. 

    Number 2 and 3 rubber plantations have survived OK with just a few small branches being broken off the trees. Am still awaiting a report on number 1. This is the plantation that suffered badly two years ago when it was hit by a mini tornado and a lot of the trees were bent over.