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Better to warn where possible then the day after 100km/h winds happen I guess.

The lightning crossed the coast around 10pm last night, an hour earlier than expected I believe I read somewhere.

yorky wrote:Better to warn where possible then the day after 100km/h winds happen I guess.

The lightning crossed the coast around 10pm last night, an hour earlier than expected I believe I read somewhere.

Absolutley true - Definatley was an hour early - and the thunder and hail over Carlisle way was just unbelievable.

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2 minor incidents last night.....i mean this morning. collapsed ceiling due to _________......u guessed it, a blocked gutter. and water sheeting down a wall due to a flashing having perished

melville sent out a team of 3 at midnight

Tuesday 11th - House v Bobcat - Carmel
Friday 14th 0100 hrs - Flooding in aged care facility Forrestfield
Friday 14th 0830 Leaking Roof Forrestfield
Friday 14th 1400 Tree on roof Gooseberry Hill

And looks likely to be more tonight

melville had a leaking roof in winthrop at 1630

the bunker said that the front is breaking up, worst should be over

another search on in Bunbury. Helicopter presumably with FLIR currently searching just south of Bunbury. Reporting back to Bunbury SES base lots of kangaroo's.

Edit: Polair61 it is.

Two big tree v roof jobs in Lesmurdie and Gooseberry Hill last night
The one I was on appeared to be the home of a radio enthusiats who wasn't living in the home (apparently in a care facility) with 3 large antennae on the roof with guy wires all around the place.
Other job required a crane.

nice photo

The pic shows the two antennae that were damaged by the free

This is the other job in Gooseberry Hill
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009 ... site=local

Barely passes as an incident but Melville was called to a house in east fremantle that had water coming down the lounge room wall. Guess what.............BLOCKED GUTTERS!!! Homeswest unit too so that means they got us for free

treeny wrote: Homeswest unit too so that means they got us for free

So are you saying SES charge for call outs?

well unless Homeswest occupents don't pay rates, they would certainly pay the ESL some of which goes towards the SES. If that's the case as far as I'm concerned they need repairs done and are in difficulty and should be helped in exactly the same professional and timely fashion as a multi-millionaire next door.

Tyranus wrote:well unless Homeswest occupents don't pay rates, they would certainly pay the ESL some of which goes towards the SES. If that's the case as far as I'm concerned they need repairs done and are in difficulty and should be helped in exactly the same professional and timely fashion as a multi-millionaire next door.

Owner of a property is responsible for rates, not the occupant (renting).

Having said that, the 'got us for free' comment is a bit off.

No rambler318, I'm not saying the SES charge for call outs but it costs money to keep us operational.

Tyranus, Homes West is Government housing so the occupant doesn't pay rates, which means they don't pay an ESL which means they don't directly help support the SES through the ESL

And to anyone else who reads this....

In this particular case, we have been to the unit twice before for the exact same reason ie, downpipe blocked by leaves. So can you see where I'm coming from? Now even though its a Homes West unit, the occupant is still responsible for general property maintenance, which oddly enough includes cleaning gutters. If they are incapable of doing it themselves then its up to them to get someone to do it, not rely on "oh the SES will come and clean it out when it overflows.

In saying all this, I apologise for the way the comment came out. I had just arrived home from the job at 11.30PM and was a little annoyed.

Car v House in Mirrabooka. Reasonable bit of damage. Some shoring with timber and acrows are covering the hole for a short while, while it gets sorted out. Sorry no photo's, was too busy trying to run the team. Callout made super interesting because we couldn't get nails into the bricks...even with a nailgun. However solution is improvised and the site is secure.