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20th November 2022, 01:54 PM
#461
Patrol God
Originally Posted by
BrazilianY60
What's SES? Some sort of search and rescue service?
Our local State emergency services mate.
https://www.ses.vic.gov.au/
Mostly volunteers, responding to all types of emergencies like weather, storms, floods, fires. They work in hand with the fire fighters and the cops quiet a lot.
I work on the power grid and get to work with them all the time , mostly during storm, trees down bringing lines down or vice versa.
Some of the shit they do and put up with as VOLUNTEERS on their own time is staggering. Bow to them any moment personally !!!
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20th November 2022 01:54 PM
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21st November 2022, 12:36 AM
#462
Patrol Guru
Thanks mate for the explanation.
Here this is called "Civil Defense". A lot of help from the 4x4 comunity on floods, landslides, etc, transporting people back and forth the critical sites. As a great part of the people into 4x4 are also RAM radio operators, they help providing means of comms as well.
I took part once transporting Red Cross food, water and clothing donations in one of those occasions and had to do a river crossing (there was no other alternative) that was the only time ever I have feared for my life. Not a good memory.
As you said, these are folks that deserve a lot of respect.
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4th January 2023, 09:00 AM
#463
Bitumen Burner
While lots of places in OZ are experiencing flooding, my hometown is on its 3rd day of Total Fire Ban. Australia is such a big country.
Take care out there.
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2nd February 2023, 11:15 PM
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3rd February 2023, 09:22 AM
#465
Expert
Balmy 35 degrees in Brissie today. Gotta love Qld!!
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4th February 2023, 08:50 AM
#466
Originally Posted by
Brissieboy
Balmy 35 degrees in Brissie today. Gotta love Qld!!
I need to move north.
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6th February 2023, 12:29 PM
#467
Administrator
Beautiful summers day working from home today in Melbourne!
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6th February 2023, 02:33 PM
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6th February 2023, 06:24 PM
#469
Getting belted up here 150klm south of Mt Isa, perfect timing with Cultural Heritage field surveys planned for Wednesday, creeks will be running hard, site access will be cut off - what a cluster. Was 35 deg about 10 mins ago, now sitting at 20 deg.
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6th February 2023, 11:07 PM
#470
Hardcore
Glad I’m not home, apparently they had the heater as well.
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