“The end of their perilous forest clearing in the wake of the storm”
“A man on the Åland islands have already died in the forest clearing in the wake of the storm, Alfrida. During the cleanup efforts after the storm Gudrun in 2005 lost eleven persons life.”
“When the winds abated, there remains, for the forest owners, which may involve greater danger to life than the storm.”
“the forest owner Stefan Lindskog is in the process of evaluating the damage to their land, six kilometres north of Rimbo in Uppland, when the TT hits him.”
“” I have not got any idea of the damage yet, but I am going to dedicate the next time to walk around in the woods and watch. It will probably take a couple of weeks before I had around to all the parts, ” he says.”
“the Woods are full of hanging trees that pose a high risk.”
” It is necessary to be vigilant on those who are about to fall. You should not go off by yourself and work without motorsågskörkort and the right competence, ” says Lindskog.”
“Stefan Lindskogs our will now go to the clearing up of the devastation, with the help of machines.”
“– Many forest owners will realize that it requires large machine resources, ” he says.”
“TT: What will this cost you?”
“– It remains to be seen. The trees taken care of, but it is usually the most valuable pieces that are broken off. It will be a loss of revenue. Transport costs will also be greater than for conventional logging. The insurance covers part, but most probably the additional cost to remove the timber.”
“the Storm, Alfrida had shed an unusual number of trees, especially in Uppland and Stockholm county. Many forest owners are now facing a difficult clearing work.”
“the Risks of forest clearing after a storm are many and serious. It does not have sufficient experience and knowledge should not give it.”
” It is very dangerous to work in storm damage forest. Trees hanging over the other trees, standing on bases or are located in bucks, which means that they can start to move uncontrollably when the man saw in them, ” says His Källsmyr, national skadesamordnare on the national board of Forestry.”
“After the storm Gudrun in 2005 died eleven people during the demining activities, and 141 were injured, according to statistics from the Swedish work environment authority. The majority of fatalities were self-employed.”
“given the dangers, it is important to take the help of professionals in the execution of the grubbing up. The forestry commission encourages forest owners to get in touch with their so-called forestry agent for assistance with logging.”
” Security is very important. You should entrust the job to professionals, to road traffic accidents, and, above all, never work alone, ” he says.”
“At the moment the manas forest owners for calm and restraint.”
“– Look over your forest, get an idea of the damage and then contact your agent. There is no urgency to throw you over this job, ” says Källsmyr.”
“the Deadline for the clearing of storm damage forest is July 1. This when the wood is still summer, the risk of insect infestation, in particular from the granbarkborren.”
“For the opening of the larger damaged areas of woodland, it is important to contact the national board of Forestry.”
“– it is estimated that more than a half hectares damaged you should make a avverkningsanmälan to us, just when you are logging as usual. When dealing with we the notifications in the normal order, ” says His Källsmyr.”
“Alfrida occurred by an intense low pressure area that moved from Iceland to northern Scandinavia, and then turn southeast towards Finland and the Baltic countries.”
“Behind the low the wind blew strong and gusty them up.”
“At several kuststationer reached the winds to hurricane-force – maximum speed, 38,5 metres per second, measured at Örskär in the Uppland archipelago.”
“Even in the hinterland, there were gusts to 25 metres per second was measured in Malung and at Uppsala airport.”
“As is customary named the Swedish meteorological and hydrological institute Alfrida according to the calendar namnsdagar. The storm would actually have been called “Svea”, but the name was taken by a storm by the year 2015.”
“When the last storm was named Knud, it was now time for a female name, and therefore the choice fell on the Alfrida, who has name day on January 3.”
