Man seeks payout after eight cows die from flash
Published: 16 Jul 12 07:11 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/42038/20120716/
A farmer in eastern Sweden is seeking compensation after eight of his cattle died in a single lightning strike during heavy thunderstorms on Thursday.
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“I was inside a building 150 metres away. I heard a crash and saw a flash of light. It came as such a surprise that I didn’t have time to think,” Hedlund told the Expressen newspaper.
The electric bolt came on Thursday afternoon and immediately killed five of the farmer’s cows and three calves which were standing beneath the pole.
“Everything went so fast, it’s not until afterwards that you get upset,” the farmer said.
Hedlund, who owns 50 head of cattle, is now seeking compensation from the Swedish Transport Authority (Trafikverket) for the substantial cut to his herd, according to Expressen.
“The cows are very valuable. On top of this, there will be quite a big drop in production,” he said.
Thursday saw violent weather across much of Sweden, with 4,000 flashes of lightning recorded nationwide.
The thunderous weather, which was particularly concentrated in the west of the Gävleborg region, will continue into this week according to metrological agency SMHI, which has issued class 1 warnings for area.
A class 3 warning is the least serious on SMHI's three-level scale.
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John
You don't say "die from flash", that a five year olds language or real Swenglish..
You say "die from a lightning strike".
But I'm not understanding why the farmer thinks someone "owes" him a replacement of his dead cattle. Sure it's upsetting and a loss of money, but don't farmers have insurance or something to cover "acts of God". It's not like the King of Sweden struck the cows down with a bolt from his trident. In that case, I could possibly understand his complaint.
1) Take your lawsuit, roll it up and administer it as you would a suppository.
2) Go someplace private and have sexual relations with yourself.
I would have opted for proper insurance myself
I once had livestock insurance when I kept a horse in the UK and I knew it covered 'lightning strike'.
I no longer have the horse and don't keep animals here in Sweden - I've no idea what they do here, but I'd be surprised if such insurance wasn't available
http://www.expressen.se/tv/nyheter/inrikes/atta-kor-dodades-av-blixten/
The yellow sign on the pole says "Vistas ej nära stolpe eller stag vid åskväder" which means something like "Don't stand close to the pole or brace during a thunderstorm". And then somthing about Banverket (which is now called Trafikverket).
But i guess those cows where illiterate or just daredevils and just stood there anyway.. ;)
The farmer should probably have known this and kept the cows elsewhere