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Jan Lindbergs had never seen rain like it. A relentless wall of water teeming down so hard it saturated everything, even the inside of the State Emergency Service dual cab ute that led a response convoy from Mackay to Townsville a week after Tropical Cyclone Yasi crossed the coast on February 3, 2011. An experience the SES Mackay Regional Unit deputy local controller north will never forget but one that has forged her will to continue volunteering. Mrs Lindbergs did two deployments to help clean up and rebuild after Yasi crossed; first to Ingham and Abergowrie, then on to Cardwell. It was an experience steeped in lessons on the human will to rebuild but also in solidifying the place SES crews have in the hearts of Queenslanders. ....