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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:08 am
by bomber
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:37 am
by Jared
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???
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:04 am
by Fastlane
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!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 11:36 am
by bomber
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:20 pm
by Jared
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
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 12:37 pm
by Millsy
Fastlane wrote: Hope ya didn't get too wet, Millsy!
hahaha Drenched fastlane. To the bone.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:07 pm
by Fastlane
Millsy wrote:Fastlane wrote: Hope ya didn't get too wet, Millsy!
hahaha Drenched fastlane. To the bone.
Better you than me
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:37 pm
by bomber
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:47 pm
by Millsy
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...
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:16 pm
by bomber
we didnt get a call at all.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:18 pm
by Millsy
at all ?
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:19 pm
by bomber
Alarm at rocky city at 7 but that is it.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:20 pm
by jmmw
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!
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:22 pm
by bomber
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.
Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:24 pm
by jmmw
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