1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: But let's see where we're at with the state of emergency. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: As of last night, at least fifteen hundred properties didn't 3 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: have power still on the East coast. Of course, Ben 4 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:09,920 Speaker 1: Green Civil Events Emergency Management Group manager in Gisbon is 5 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: where there's been morning to you. Are you going to 6 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 1: read from around the region or you justin Gisbon. 7 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:22,600 Speaker 2: Just well, we cover the whole region. It's been a 8 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:28,440 Speaker 2: see surprising, you know, as pretty wild what spell whether 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: we had come in the other night, I mean, as 10 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,440 Speaker 2: the wind really was probably the really real thing that 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:39,199 Speaker 2: typified the difference between the other events. But yesterday, you know, 12 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 2: we did have the river levels that credit the evacuations 13 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 2: and a couple of the catchments. But surprisingly, you know, 14 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:50,320 Speaker 2: we haven't got the physical damage that we've probably thought 15 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 2: it'd be dealing with or coming through East good but certainly, 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 2: you know, the challenge we with the wind is obviously 17 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,560 Speaker 2: the power lines and just a signif got a number 18 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: of trees down across the roads and networks. 19 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: So basically what you're dealing with, you're dealing with a 20 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: clean up today now. 21 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:12,039 Speaker 2: Yes, and you know we had obviously just before this event, 22 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 2: the weather of the weekend and the city and we 23 00:01:17,120 --> 00:01:19,600 Speaker 2: need to get to the city in some of the greast strife. 24 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,120 Speaker 2: That's seven percent of our population is in one area. 25 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:27,680 Speaker 2: So the sewer and the wastewater system was already fully 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 2: charged before we went into the let's be with event, 27 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,880 Speaker 2: and that's really weird. You have surd issues backing up 28 00:01:36,920 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: and some areas of schools can operate and it just 29 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 2: needs time, simple whether to help that sort of relieve 30 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 2: the pressure from the wastewater in that serio system. 31 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,320 Speaker 1: Okay, forecast they're saying some showers that the weather's largely through. 32 00:01:50,400 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: Is that fair or not? 33 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, we were back. I would like to think some 34 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,440 Speaker 2: of the great normal winter weather our rivers and you 35 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:00,160 Speaker 2: can see some of our cameras there. It's just the 36 00:02:01,440 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 2: volume is its intensity of the short time frames, and 37 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: it's really we start seeing things start falling apart quite quickly. 38 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: Exactly. All right, Ben, I'm glad to have caught up 39 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: with you. Appreciate it very much. Being Green for more 40 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,680 Speaker 1: from News Talks B listen live on air or online, 41 00:02:16,880 --> 00:02:19,240 Speaker 1: and keep our shows with you wherever you go with 42 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: our podcasts on iHeartRadio.