The Alpine Shire was lashed by a storm on Thursday night, with wind speeds reaching over 40km/h in Porepunkah, but SES controllers reported few incidents.
Myrtleford SES controller David Coates said they weren’t called to any incidents on Thursday night.
“I had the pager right beside me all night expecting something to happen, but no, nothing at all,” he said.
“The trees all stood up”.
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