'During the last night at Boca de Tomates a violent tropical storm raged across the coast, stampeding through the camp and devastating our home. We watched in awe as the already-slanting structure swayed precariously around us, as chunks of the roofflew off into the sky and as a nearby palm tree was struck by lightning ... Our comfortable Brighton flat and the once ubiquitous chatter of house prices and internet millionaires seemed a world away.'...