Friends of Horst Berger's have just emailed me these images of Horst's 'fale Tonga' after Cyclone Ian.
A Canadian friend, who has a fount of wisdom that never dries but sometimes freezes up, has suggested that "Horst should think about mining blocks of dead coral for construction of the next domicile. Actually there should be enough downed palm trees to build himself a pretty substantial log cabin although I don't know how long a palm tree lasts without rotting in that climate. I, personally, would start out building an undersand bunker and then install a telescoping roof with collapsable walls so that when the wind came up you would just lower the roof flat to the ground over the bunker and stay there until it all blew over. Just don't build too close to tideline or your bunker will become a swimming pool. Mind you, everywhere there is just slightly above sea level, so it's probably all mute."
Don't thank me for this; I'm just passing it on (together with any spelling mistakes ☺ )
