With the recent heavy rains no fading into distant memory : don’t forget to remember those little problems that did or didn’t occur during the event .
Have a think back to where the water came into your house , garage ,shed or yard ?
Are you able to make some easy changes to stop it occurring again !
Was it as simple as cleaning out the gutters and drains or more complex and requiring some new bigger drainage strategically placed around your property , maybe it was a drainage problem that needs to be looked at by Taswater or Council .
Don’t leave it ! NOW is the time to act on what you have learnt and now know to prevent it possible happening again . Just like your Fire plans , smoke alarms …… make a regular time to clean out the drains and gutters . Some thing done now can make all the diference later during a rain event .
With many roads flooded and some closed over the recent heavy rains ask your self . Do I need to go out for a drive in the car? Its great to have a look at the swollen rivers and creeks but spare a thought for our emergency services extra traffic sometimes means extra heart ache . Many people were just not prepared or comfortable driving I the adverse conditions which made it difficult and dangerous for those that had to be out there . Remember if its flooded Forget it !
Over the course of the heavy rains our local ses crew ( which on the days constisted of 3 ) responded to 26 calls for assistance from the community , this didn’t include a further 10+ calls attended in the Orford Triabunna area by another ses unit that came up from Hobart . Calls mainly were for sandbags to help with slowing water egress into properties
Have a think back to where the water came into your house , garage ,shed or yard ?
Are you able to make some easy changes to stop it occurring again !
Was it as simple as cleaning out the gutters and drains or more complex and requiring some new bigger drainage strategically placed around your property , maybe it was a drainage problem that needs to be looked at by Taswater or Council .
Don’t leave it ! NOW is the time to act on what you have learnt and now know to prevent it possible happening again . Just like your Fire plans , smoke alarms …… make a regular time to clean out the drains and gutters . Some thing done now can make all the diference later during a rain event .
With many roads flooded and some closed over the recent heavy rains ask your self . Do I need to go out for a drive in the car? Its great to have a look at the swollen rivers and creeks but spare a thought for our emergency services extra traffic sometimes means extra heart ache . Many people were just not prepared or comfortable driving I the adverse conditions which made it difficult and dangerous for those that had to be out there . Remember if its flooded Forget it !
Over the course of the heavy rains our local ses crew ( which on the days constisted of 3 ) responded to 26 calls for assistance from the community , this didn’t include a further 10+ calls attended in the Orford Triabunna area by another ses unit that came up from Hobart . Calls mainly were for sandbags to help with slowing water egress into properties