Hi!
Some news about what William did in Finland:
- 15-20 million trees fell down, so you may guess
that there is still a lot of work to be done in forests...
- 36 000 of them fell to power lines, so you may guess that electric
companies were in trouble...
Regards, Olli
At 01:48 25.11.2001, Olli Haukkovaara wrote:
>Hi!
>
>Over a week has gone when cyclone William raged in Finland (and other
>Scandinavian countries plus Russia). It was no hurricane, the mean wind
>speed was 31 m/s which is 2 m/s below hurricane limit. Of course, in gusts
>the wind speed was much higher, possibly somewhere near 40 m/s.
>
>Here in inland, 150 km from coast, the strongest gusts were 29,2 m/s
>and mean wind speed 23 m/s. And that is a LOT here. Such winds
>have been measured inland last time in 1959 !
>
>Some households suffered from blackouts over a week, and thousands
>of remote summer cottages are still without electricity. Perhaps some
>500 000 households suffered from blackouts during the storm,
>and tens of thousands were left without power for several days.
>
>This has lead to stormy discussions in finnish media. A new law
>is now under preparation, to force electric companies to take
>more responsibilities of sharing the eleciricity to customers.
>
>It's amazing that only one person died in this storm. I personally
>saw several "close calls" during the gusts when trees fell to
>roads.
>
>The estimated damage William did, is several hundred million
>finnish marks (1 USD = 6 FIM). Most of the damage is forest
>damages.
>
>If you want see photos of what William did, please visit my site
>at http://www.myrsky.f2s.com/
>Click "Myrskykuvagalleria" and there "In english" and you
>will find a link to William photos. Two interesting photos
>can be found also from "Myrskyuutisia" - this link is in front page.
>
>I've started to translate my pages to english, but it's still
>under work. So please excuse me, if or when you will
>find some finnish text between english texts...
>
>Regards, Olli Haukkovaara, from far north
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