article_snippet.sent: family'd intended due to the severe storm. '
article_snippet.sent: so I was freaking out and thought it would swallow all the houses up,'
article_snippet.sent: When we went outside we realised it wasn't all water - it was foam.' 'we left yesterday afternoon because all the power went out, there was no electricity, we couldn't use the heaters and the house was freezing, there was no mobile or internet
article_snippet.sent: so we couldn't do anything
article_snippet.sent: so we just picked a moment in the night and left. '
article_snippet.sent: The wind was just insane.
article_snippet.sent: the house was howling and the house was crazy.'
article_snippet.sent: A quick trip to the nearby town of Terrigal, where Ms Freedman and Ms Freedman family tried to find some power, proved fruitless when Ms Freedman and her family found that numerous homes had lost Ms Freedman and her family roofs and Beach had pounding waves which the Balmain resident described as ‘just mental’.