Posted on 01/17/2025 9:09:42 AM PST by BenLurkin
The Palisades, Eaton and Hurst wildfires in Southern California have destroyed more than 12,000 structures, raising the likelihood of a spike in demand for lumber in the months and years ahead.
The rebuilding process after events such as these “typically drives a significant demand for building materials, particularly lumber, given its foundational role in construction,” said Michael Goodman, director of finance and general counsel at building-materials wholesaler Sherwood Lumber.
Demand for construction materials will “undoubtedly rise,” but the pace will depend on the “timeline for insurance assessments, debris removal, permitting and rebuilding efforts,” Goodman said. Historically, it can take several months for the full impact to hit the market, he said.
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If Trump could declare California a dysfunctional state, appoint a caretaker and suspend all nonsense regulations, California would turn Red by 2026.
At least true-DOH will be gone soon. About 9 years too late. Is he the canaDUH version of gov newturd in cali?
Gee, Wally, where do you think we’ll get all that lumber from?
Just thinking out loud - maybe rebuilding with wood is not the best idea.
The paper work for new home in a metro area is incredible.
Right, and now is a golden opportunity for the gov. to lay on another couple hundred BS regs
You can’t beat wood!
Our new home in Tennessee required THREE tractor-trailer rigs to haul in the lumber/materials and it’s only 2,080 SF over a foxblock/concrete basement structure with log siding..
I think the estimates in this article are a little LOW, considering.
Also, didn’t Pedo Joe Biden just lock up another several bizillion acres of America’s forests by making them national parks unavailable to logging, mining, drilling, hunting (in some cases) and/or even hiking/camping?
Who’s ready for $90 a sheet 1/2” plywood - again? Tariffs on our timber-rich neighbor to the north?
And don’t forget the Smoot-Hawley Tariff act which some economists say was a major contributing factor to the GREAT depression of 1929?
I got mine. Gonna make popcorn and sit on the deck watching the sun - and maybe the nation - set.
They used stucco and tile 400 years ago.
<><><> Replacing 12,000 structures would require an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 truckloads of lumber, Goodman said. A 48-foot flatbed truck can haul 45,500 to 52,000 pounds of lumber, according to Union Pacific. The number of pounds per 1,000 board feet varies by tree species, but the Global Trade Network has figures ranging from 2,250 to 5,350 pounds per 1,000 board feet of freshly cut lumber. <><><>
‘The bottom line is that we need Canada’s vast and flowing “lumber fields” to supply our domestic housing needs —always have and always will.’
— Greg Kuta, Westline Capital Strategies
It would be nice to eventually see a letter of thanks to Boise-Cascade once things are moving forward.
Somehow I don’t see it coming.
The earthquakes will take care of those.
Time for the Feds to unlock the forests of the Northwest.
You are in earthquake prone area. The bricks are the worst material as earthquakes are concerned.
Maybe massive concrete structures?
How many truckloads of lumber do we use in a year? 20000 out of a million isn’t so bad. 20000 out of 50000 is bad.
Sounds like lumber is a good wall street investment.
By that time they may get hit with a major earthquake—and have to start all over again...
By that time, there will be a CA-govt-designed-and-financed "15 Minute City" covering that location.
If Trump can provoke Newsom to interfere with deportations sufficiently, he can declare CA to be in insurrection against the United States, arrest CA Dems, appoint a military governor, lustrate the rest of the Dems and hold new elections.
I can see a shortage of saw chains and chainsaws coming for the SE US. We are going to need millions of board feet of Pine Timber.
California mandarins and regulators are salivating at the prospect of putting their bureaucratic boots to peoples’ necks.
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