Car's Storm Scratch Quickly Put in Perspective by Fallen Tree Clobbering Van

Feeling bad, or just unlucky? Well, there’s usually someone worse off than you, right? That maxim was beautifully displayed in a video taken in Cork city, Ireland, during Storm Barra on December 7.

The video opens with Daniel Coughlan lamenting a possible scratch to his car from a blown-over bollard, but he soon pans to a far worse situation: a tree that’s fallen on top of a van.

Storm Barra continued across Ireland on December 8, leaving thousands of homes without power. Credit: The Derrynane Robot Club via Storyful