The Windblown tree thread

[Riwaka]

Cyclone Gabrielle bought some tree damage to NZ.

Many miles (kilometres) of sea coast are blanketed with woody debris.
The forestry sector in the erosion prone land area is getting a bit of heat due to the log jams/ bridge collapses.

The video below depicts a central North Island forest area of about 10K acres windblown, (4K hectares). Turn the sound down - the journos talk like pre-schoolers to each other.

Good luck and safety to the loggers who have to pick up this mess. Looks like a Madill tilter is venturing in first to do pick-up sticks.
Cyclone Gabrielle’s fury sees mass destruction of trees near Taupō - YouTube

[Riwaka]

That appears to be the area they were collecting up the extra skidders for.

Lake Taupo Windblow part 01 - YouTube

[thecfarm]

That looks like the old saying,
How do you eat an elephant?
One bite at a time.

[Magicman]

That timber looks like the aftermath of Mount St. Helens blowing her top.  200 million bf of timber salvaged from 10,000 acres:  LINK

[beenthere]

The trees coming down and missing many, many people at the Masters was a miracle. See it happen in the first minute of the video.
https://youtu.be/OctZfhf6kxY

[Ron Scott]

Some lucky spectators, some good-sized trees.

[Riwaka]

Vid 'When it all falls down' - Cyclone Gabrielle Windblow event, Central North Island, NZ pine forests. February, 2023 and filmed over the rest of 2023 at points.

16K acres damaged, 20 mech logging crews increased to 40 mech logging crews. Moving 127 million board feet/ month at peak. Total estimated to be 3.4 million cubic metres, conversion is 1441 million? board feet. 200 log trucks doing 500+ loads per day. Longer trips to mills and wharf at the ports limit loads per day, with truck driver driving hour restrictions.(electronic driver hour books monitoring etc)

https://youtu.be/13bRIFJTCxA?si=QeZeJ1wulgtk0OvG