Ya we were up there. (not for free)!! I live and operate my business a half hour south of there on the lake. Its a mess. Did a clean up job in Goderich then was just east of there cleaning up at a resort/inn for the rest of the week. The first day we were at the inn I think I counted around 8 different tree trucks drive by real slow looking and some even stopped in looking for work. In the week we were there I must have seen atleast a dozen different tree trucks go by. Seems to be enough around?!? None probably want to work for free! And of course there were the guys with the pick up truck and the wild thing in the back wearing shorts and running shoes running around all over goderich like crazy. We had a visit from ministry of labour while we were there just to make sure everything was legit. Checked us out for saw pants, hard hats, muffs, face shields, steel toe boots, reverse and safety shut off worked on the chipper, chain saw operator certificates etc. He was happy when he left. Didnt find anything out of order. He said that he was watching guys in goderich with running shoes, shorts, no shirt, ball cap on backwards, saw in one hand and can of beer in the other running up a blown over tree on to a roof. But he said he has no juristdiction over residential stuff like that. Everyone is a cutter!!! It would be nice to be able to volunteer at a time like this but having a crew of guys, workers comp, insurance, chipper, chip truck and boom truck and other equipment on site just doesnt pay for itself!
