It is an extreme reaction to their lack of action in 2022. The SES was controlled from Wollongong. Refused to allow local SES to door knock and warn residents in the lower river. Told private boat owners in Lismore to not try to rescue people from their roof tops. One young fellow we know is alive today because his friends went out in a tinny to find him. He only had a small perch left on the peak of his shed roof. Farmers were ringing the BOM with their rainfall recordings. The BOM told them we only use readings from automatic official gauges. Blind Freddy could see what was coming our way in 2022. We moved all our stock 2 days before it hit and didn’t lose a beast. Lost miles of fencing but it is what it is. You move on and put it back up.
