Good evening,


only the brave dared to go out.

Or the crazy ones.

It's all a question of perspective.

The country has turned quite a bit.

Storm Ignatz caused stress for commuters.

Uprooted trees on the tracks in Hesse caused massive numbers of train cancellations or delays.

S-Bahn traffic was also affected.

The fire brigade and police were in constant use.

According to the German Weather Service (DWD), thunderstorms with gusts of wind at wind speeds of up to 100 kilometers per hour occurred in Hesse during the day.

Marie Lisa Kehler

Deputy head of the regional section of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

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In the morning a tree fell on a power pole on Autobahn 5 from Heidelberg to Darmstadt.

A truck then drove into the now lower-hanging power line.

The driver was unharmed and the motorway had to be closed in both directions.

An accident near Mühltal, in which a tree fell on a passing car, turned out less lightly.

The 58-year-old driver was seriously injured and his 22-year-old passenger suffered a shock.

Bouffier wants to change the law on infection protection

While it was storming outside, someone inside thought a lot. Hesse's Prime Minister Volker Bouffier (CDU) took part in the annual meeting of the Prime Ministers on Thursday. Unsurprisingly, the topic that determines the agenda: Corona and the question of what happens if the epidemic situation should actually be declared over at the end of November. That is what Federal Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) suggested. The risk for vaccinated people is now to be classified as "moderate", it is simply no longer justified to maintain the state of emergency. So far, the decision has not only enabled the Federal Minister of Health, but also the state governments to take measures against the virus without consulting parliament every time. At the same time, however, it is also ensured thatthat a basic set of regulations, such as the mask requirement or the distance requirement, apply everywhere in the country, as our correspondent Ewald Hetrodt writes. In order to secure exactly this "basic stock", Bouffier wants to ask the MPs in Berlin to change the Federal Infection Act so that it allows the states to once again provide a series of basic measures, such as wearing a mouth and nose cover in certain situations to implement. We explain why this trick is not as easy as it seems at first glance.that it allows the countries once again to implement a number of basic measures, such as the wearing of a mouth and nose cover in certain situations. We explain why this trick is not as easy as it seems at first glance.that it allows the countries once again to implement a number of basic measures, such as the wearing of a mouth and nose cover in certain situations. We explain why this trick is not as easy as it seems at first glance.

Opel drive in Central Hesse

We still have one tip for the end of the newsletter. This is aimed at drivers who fear that their vehicle will be stolen. Business editor Falk Heunemann looked at the data from German car insurers and came up with a simple formula for Hessen: "If you want to minimize the risk of your car being stolen, you should move to Central Hesse, sell your SUV and drive an Opel Corsa or Astra." would at least be consistent. Almost 11,000 cars were stolen in Germany last year. No question. There are still many. But that's a third less than a year earlier. In Hesse there were last 509 vehicles that did not change hands quite legally. Most thefts were recorded in Frankfurt - namely four out of 10,000 cars. For comparison: in Berlin there are 23 per 10.000 insured vehicles. Land Rovers are stolen most frequently, and statistics show that the thieves are rarely interested in Opel. Remarkable: The insurance premiums have not decreased as much as the car thefts.