Newsletter for the Rotary Club of Greater Geraldton - Issue No.: 777 Issue Date: 25 Mar, 2024

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Cyclone Seroja Recovery

Guest Speaker Samantha Edwards is introduced by PP Phil Martin. Sam is a Cyclone Seroja Recovery Officer working for the Dept of Fire and Emergency Services. She covers the Shires of Northampton and Chapman Valley. She is originally from the Wheatbelt of WA.

Sam backgrounds the development of TC Seroja telling us that 150 lives were lost in Indonesia before the cyclone arrived in Australian waters. The work she is doing along with other TC Seroja Recovery Officers should be finished in the next twelve months. Hers is not a permanent DFES position.

 

Cyclone Seroja hit the Midwest on April 11, 2021, having already caused death and destruction in Indonesia. It hit landfall at Kalbarri with destructive winds, moving inland affecting 16 local government areas though the Midwest, Gascoyne and Wheatbelt. 133,000 Km2 area was affected from Kalbarri Northampton, Morawa, Dalwallinu, and Merredin. Had the cyclone tracked 40km south, Geraldton would have faced devastation!

Recovery form such an event involves not just the built environment, but also the natural, human, and social and economic and financial environments.  

With the help of local government, other agencies and support services and community philanthropy, Local Recovery hubs have been established. These are in Kalbarri and Northampton together with Nabawa Recovery Support Outreach, Yuna Recovery Support Outreach, Geraldton Recovery Hub, Mullewa Recovery Support Outreach, Morawa Recovery Hub, Mingenew Recovery Support Outreach, Perenjori Recovery Support Outreach

Samantha Edwards

 

Recovery Assistance

Financial support - Navigating eligibility - Assistance to apply - Promoting grants - Primary Producers, Small Businesses, Uninsured and Insured Residents, Heritage

Psychosocial and Wellbeing support - Department of Communities Welfare and Outreach Support Program - Australian Red Cross officers - Referral pathways to local service providers Centacare, Desert Blue Connect, Mission Australia.

Community Preparedness - Small group and whole-of community sessions to increase resilience. - Australian Red Cross and DFES delivered. - Resources, guides, kits & support

Community Connection- Financially supporting events. - Attending community events to value-add, and increase awareness- Bonfires, BBQ’s and Blue Light Discos…

Local Government support- Supporting local governments to coordinate recovery and build resilience.

Remember, this recovery process is a marathon, not a sprint!

 

Samantha’s power point presentation will be emailed to members.

Questions re the recovery process were asked by Barry Dring, Grant Woodhams and Geoff Wood.

Viki Fennell did the Guest Speaker thanks

Author: Grant Woodhams

Published: 17 June, 2022

 


Meeting Rosters
Date
Setup & Door
Setup & Door
Guest Speaker Host
Invocation & Toast
Raffle & Rotary Cor
Guest Speaker Thanks
Fines Master
Chairman
27 Mar, 24
Barry Dring
 
Grant Woodhams
Robert Mosel
Phil Martin
Terry Stewart
Karen Godfrey
Geoff Wood
10 Apr, 24
Laurie Dines
 
Ian Taylor
Karen Godfrey
Hugh Lavery
Jason McCarthy
Robert Symington
Geoff Wood
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