Thanks to the supernatural being floating in cosmos somewhere
, generally lives were not in danger, although there were two or three people killed. But for the huge crowd, it all was terribly wet, and means a lot of work, but risk for life never was existent, realistically. But institutions, hospitals, the university (third biggest in Germany), shopping mall magazines, the huge libraries here, Max Planck institutes - they are all drowned. Parts of the hospitals' stations are off duty, patients being distributed across Northwest Germany.
Its the biggest damage-event and disaster since the destruction of Münster during the bombing in WWII, they say. Even some bakeries were low on bread yesterday and today.
Watching at it form that perspective, the way we got away with it in our house - was a bargain. Two houses further down the street, cars still swim under the roof of the deep garage - the firebrigade still has a full list of calls.