Rockingham SES

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:08 am

Article in todays news.

http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0 ... 61,00.html

Even with the reported damage we stayed nice and warm in bed.

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:37 am

We were out from 7:30 with an entire unit call out, I was out till 0200 with 1 little welfare stop at about 0000, All Rock ses members (appart from admin and ops) were stood down from 0200 (id say) as other units come to help took over for the night. Rocky ses members pending return to operation today. We got told there were 2 cyclones???

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:04 am

Jared wrote:We were out from 7:30 with an entire unit call out, I was out till 0200 with 1 little welfare stop at about 0000, All Rock ses members (appart from admin and ops) were stood down from 0200 (id say) as other units come to help took over for the night. Rocky ses members pending return to operation today. We got told there were 2 cyclones???

Tornado's would be a better word to be using.. good to see the media threw 'mini' in there (grrr).. it's either a Tornado or not.. nothing mini about it!

Hope ya didn't get too wet, Millsy!

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:36 am

SES even have the air intel helicopter 611 up for photos and mapping of the area. Saw mandurah and rocky ses out and about still cleaning up.

Jared · Post by **Jared** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:20 pm

Unfortunatly i have to be a good little boy and had to go to school today!!! But iv heard the chopper flying over head a lot

Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:37 pm

Fastlane wrote: Hope ya didn't get too wet, Millsy!

hahaha Drenched fastlane. To the bone.

Fastlane · Post by **Fastlane** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:07 pm

Millsy wrote:
Fastlane wrote: Hope ya didn't get too wet, Millsy!
hahaha Drenched fastlane. To the bone.

Better you than me

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:37 pm

Channel 7 helicopter has also been around. They have been landing on the rugby ovals on dixon rd. Got photos of fesa chopper but need to downlad them.

Heaps for you to still do millsy. Just been around and they are all still going. Rain isnt helping.

Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:47 pm

Yeh Bomber - Theres 2 crews out from baldivis already.

I'll More then likely end up going out on the next page for relief crews.

We were talking in the Lt about it last night and how lucky we were when it came to the day it was on.

On a friday or saturday night with all the dickheads along read street, with no traffic lights the whole length of read st...

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:16 pm

we didnt get a call at all.

Millsy · Post by **Millsy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:18 pm

at all ?

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:19 pm

Alarm at rocky city at 7 but that is it.

jmmw · Post by **jmmw** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:20 pm

Jared wrote:We were out from 7:30 with an entire unit call out, I was out till 0200 with 1 little welfare stop at about 0000, All Rock ses members (appart from admin and ops) were stood down from 0200 (id say) as other units come to help took over for the night. Rocky ses members pending return to operation today. We got told there were 2 cyclones???

Welfare? we were suppose to get welfare!

We just had 8 jobs in a row then went home no one offered us welfare!

bomber · Post by **bomber** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:22 pm

jmmw wrote:
Jared wrote:We were out from 7:30 with an entire unit call out, I was out till 0200 with 1 little welfare stop at about 0000, All Rock ses members (appart from admin and ops) were stood down from 0200 (id say) as other units come to help took over for the night. Rocky ses members pending return to operation today. We got told there were 2 cyclones???
Welfare? we were suppose to get welfare!

We just had 8 jobs in a row then went home no one offered us welfare!

not even from the super large salvo catering truck.

jmmw · Post by **jmmw** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:24 pm

Nope we werent even told there was such a thing

That must have been the big truck that was at rockingham base when we got there at about 0400

We went from about 2100 and i finally got home at around 0530