Health and protection advisers are keeping calm and carrying on as Storm Eunice batters the country.
As Storm Eunice makes landfall and red warnings are imposed for parts of the UK, Health & Protection spoke to advisers to find out how they are they coping.
David Garnham, owner of Cardiff-based Health Insure Wales, told Health & Protection he is working from home today and heeding official advice.
“Although it is just windy with no rain at present I live on an area with large trees hanging over the roads which is my only concern about going out with the danger of them falling,” Garnham said.
“We have only had one brief power cut so far so it’s a credit to the power industry. Most businesses, shops schools and sports centres are closed and I just hope I find a pub open later on.”
But Garnham added he thought the media has been guilty of panicking about the storm.
Richard Charlton, director at Bristol-based Phoenix Health & Protection, said he is locking down as the storm takes hold.
“My partner who is a teacher, said it reminded her of lockdown as they are working from home,” Charton said.
“I’ve cancelled my face-to-face appointments today and am going to Zoom and Teams. It’s a seamless transition. It’s easy to cope with this end.”
And ahead of the eye of the storm hitting the capital this afternoon, Isaac Feiner, owner of London-based Lifepoint Healthcare, told Health & Protection he is lucky that most of his business at the moment is carried out over the phone.
“If there are any meetings set up and it proves to be too dangerous to venture out then we’ll rearrange but for the time being, we’re very blessed that we can do most things via the telephone or Teams meetings,” Feiner said.
“We deal with an abstract product. We haven’t got a physical product that we need to transport so in that sense we’re quite lucky.
“Here’s hoping that the phone lines and the internet lines all work but if that’s all okay – then it will be business as normal.”