Where were you and did you get hit hard in 1987.
I was in Hove. I worked in London as a Restaurant manager and I got the 1am ish train from London to Brighton. I walked up the hill thinking the atmosphere feels very strange, warm and yet cold, windy with no gusts, also very still. I got to my flat which was ground floor and I was in about 30mins before the banging and crashing started. When I looked out at daylight there was a tree leaning against our building and an upturned car on my neighbours top patio.
The real extent of damage came when I went for a walk, Brighton was very badly hit. I went by car to work 2 days after as trains still not running and went past a couple of the large parks, these were just masses of fallen trees and debris. I had a friend with a chainsaw who made an absolute mint in the days after.
A guy that worked for me lived in a high rise in Battersea and he said he watched London switch off bit by bit, until complete darkness all bar emergency lighting.
A street named Elmgrove in Brighton was nicknamed "Elm Grave"