01/06/2026
With enough rain to make Noah start looking for timber and winds strong enough to relocate your wheelie bin or garden shed to the next postcode, our brave orange roof monkeys sprang into action. Alongside the chainsaw champions and our Incident Controller with his computer nerds (who heroically held the fort from the warm, dry office while watching the job numbers climb and quietly gasping into their coffees), it was all hands on deck.
The phones rang. Then rang some more. The emails pinged. Then pinged some more. At one point we're fairly sure the weather had our number on speed dial.
Starting at the respectable hour of 2am (because apparently storms don't believe in sleeping in on public holidays), crews worked right through to Monday afternoon. Over 20+ (we lost count) jobs rolled through the unit, keeping volunteers busy with everything from fallen trees and roof damage in weather that really didn't want them there
A huge thank you to every volunteer who gave up their long weekend, their sleep, and any chance of a relaxing public holiday, including our friends from Nannup SES, Bridgetown SES and the Manjimup data entry Wizards. Your commitment, teamwork, and ability to maintain a sense of humour while being repeatedly soaked by sideways rain and having your socks blown off is SO appreciated.
Thank you to you the good folk of Busso and surrounds for your paitence and your amazing prep which no doubt left us with alot less work!
Team Orange (s) 🧡🌧️🌬️🚨
