Wild weather stretches emergency services

JC said :

Maya123 said :

These tarps they put over houses that have broken roof tiles, are they made of a special plastic? I reckon we should use plastic tarps for building roofs, because they seem to be able to weather storms a lot better than conventional methods.

The tarps don’t get put up *before* the storm, they get put up after. And they aren’t very durable.

I personally think most of these “emergencies” are caused by people who don’t bother clearing their gutters or pruning their trees.

Nothing beats a tin roof for hail damage, it won’t shatter or break.
I also think the emergency services are being wasted on cleaning up people’s flooded kitchens and bedrooms because of water seeping in through overflowing gutters. That isn’t exactly a life threatening situation, whereas a fallen tree or raging causeway is more likely to take somebody’s life. why can’t people simply calla plumber, handyman or roof tiler to do these tarp repairs? The ESA has more important things to do than prevent water damage to property, they are there to save lives.

Maya123 said :

These tarps they put over houses that have broken roof tiles, are they made of a special plastic? I reckon we should use plastic tarps for building roofs, because they seem to be able to weather storms a lot better than conventional methods.

The tarps don’t get put up *before* the storm, they get put up after. And they aren’t very durable.

I personally think most of these “emergencies” are caused by people who don’t bother clearing their gutters or pruning their trees.

These tarps they put over houses that have broken roof tiles, are they made of a special plastic? I reckon we should use plastic tarps for building roofs, because they seem to be able to weather storms a lot better than conventional methods.

I have a question – every time there is a little bit of a storm, we hear of hundreds of people ringing the SES because they need help moving a fallen tree or putting up a tarp or replacing some broken roof tiles.
How many storms will it take before everything that can be broken in a storm, is broken in a storm?
Surely at some point everything will be broken and storms will no longer have anything that can break?
Or, is it the case that people continue building stuff that will inevitably break in a storm?
If so, why are my rates and taxes paying for services to people who are clearly trying to win a Darwin award?