Loss, destruction, and shock followed that tornado, and its path includes the well-off parts of Papatoetoe as well as one of the most deprived areas in South Auckland. Its effects are felt particularly hard, when homes are irrecoverably smashed apart and cars are written off. In a neighbourhood that, earlier this year, was hit by a major COVID outbreak centred around its high school, this was a hard blow. I got to Papatoetoe after the storm had cleared. The things that occurred to me at first were the randomness of the tornado's path, that this was something that completely destroyed some homes in the middle of a street by ripping the roof off, and then the house next door could be absolutely fine and untouched. I was also struck by the severity of the rain, which came after the holes in the roofs and the roofs were removed, to destroy what was left of peoples' possessions and their livelihoods. I saw the power lines scattered around the streets, and the damage to that public infrastructure, footpaths, and roads, which caused significant damage to the ability of people in that area to even get out, let alone their friends and family to get in. I saw how Plunket Ave, which runs along one part of the tornado path, was affected in a very small way compared to the streets like Freyberg which came right off it. These were 50 metres apart, and yet one street looked like a monster had come forth from the ground and thrashed around, and one street was almost untouched.