April 9, 2007, 3:31 AM
http://publish.vx.roo.com/couriermail/videopage/?channel =Local+Videos&clipid=1414_cyclonefury&bitrate=300&format=wmp
This is the vido I have been waiting for, and yes they have been SACKED for showing this to the Courier Mail!! "Cyclone fury Exclusive home video of the night of terror that workers endured as Cyclone George levelled Rail Camp 1, 100km south of Port Hedland." quote..
ORIGINAL POST
Cyclone George
"Perth : 12:15pm Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (Fortescue, ASX:FMG) confirms that an accommodation camp for workers working on its Pilbara railway located around 100 kilometres south of Port Hedland was in the path of Cyclone George and was extensively damaged overnight. Fortescue also confirms that a number of people have been injured at the camp and that there has been one fatality.
Fortescue’s focus is on giving every possible assistance to the emergency services and safeguarding the welfare of its workers in the Pilbara region.
At this stage we cannot give an accurate assessment of damage and we will not be releasing any details to the media concerning the injured or the fatality until all affected families have been contacted directly."
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The news of unnecessary death by a donga's collapse exposes the fragile housing supplied by the employer, a situation that is repeaded time after time in same situations. Would the same thing have happened if more care was taken by securing the dwelling, or providing a bunker for shelter from such ferocious winds.
Ok, they are now considering these forms now, but add a little more complacency they will soon forget when there is no repeat of savage tornado type storms lash the east and west coasts of Australia.
