Its report also said there were "clear failures" in the Scottish government's plans to move the majority of locked-in patients out of hospitals and inappropriate placements to be cared for in their own homes.

She called for urgent action to address "serious safeguarding failures".

These include more than 120 trees on tracks, damaged overhead wires, power supply failures and other objects and debris blown onto the line.

The many glitches and failures in the preparation and response will be dissected for months if not years.

The sewage leaks and equipment failures at the likes of the Princess Alexandra Hospital and other sites awaiting rebuilds are just the tip of the iceberg it seems.