When Brisbane sank under the waters of a cyclone and a king tide back in 1974, the RAAF was using Hueys from 9 Sqn to rescue people from all sorts of places. One group of 6 was on the roof of a service station, and the rescue crewman went down first, and got a kick from landing on the steel roof.
He stayed there and helped hook the victims into the sling, and each time he grabbed the flailing wire (still cyclonic winds) he got a boot. The worst thing for him wasn't the kick, but the anticipation of what was going to come each time he reached for the hook.
On a nearby roof were two cows, which had swum up there, and when the waters receded, they were still there. I guess they died when they eventually fell off.
