Posted on 10/10/2005 3:34:45 PM PDT by Libloather
Hurricane-Felled Timber Worth Billions
United Press International
U.S. timber companies are scrambling to harvest tons of timber felled by hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
The companies are moving as quickly as possible to recover the millions of trees before they rot, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
Industry analysts estimate that more than 20 billion board feet are down, enough to build 1 million houses.
Timber down in Louisiana is worth $900 million; in Mississippi, the felled timber is worth $2.4 billion, experts estimate.
JACKSON, Miss. Hurricane Katrina's toll on agriculture now tops three (b) billion dollars.
The storm destroyed hundreds of chicken houses and flattened cotton fields in southern Mississippi but did the most damage to the timber industry. Pecan and Christmas tree growers also took a big hit.
Ag losses are estimated at more than two (b) billion dollars in Mississippi and one (b) billion in Louisiana. Alabama was less severely affected and has not yet compiled figures.
One official says Louisiana's damage estimate is expected to grow because early numbers did not include damage to fences, equipment, buildings, pastureland and other infrastructure losses.
More than ten-thousand cattle in Louisiana are dead or missing.
How do you find missing cattle? Do you put their pictures on milk cartons?
Contrast this with the timber felled by Mount St. Helens. There the enviros would not let the felled timber be harvested so they let it rot in place instead.
Industry analysts estimate that more than 20 billion board feet are down, enough to build 1 million houses.
Timber down in Louisiana is worth $900 million; in Mississippi, the felled timber is worth $2.4 billion, experts estimate
enough to build 1 million houses
----Use it then. Save taxpayers a little money so that we can take care of our families instead of every one elses.
It can and will be used but it still isn't free or even inexpensive. The wood has to be harvested at the same cost or more than if it were still upright. Then it has to be transported to saw mills to be cut, kiln dried, planed, sawed and treated before it's ready for commercial use.
This can't be true. There are no forests left. They've been paved over, cut and raped by big business for profit. I've got to check my whacko enviornmental lietrature on this. They must have missed something or have been lying all along?
Shouldn't be a complete loss.
The board foot that can't be salvaged can go into particle board.
Were they women and children trees?
In the south, most of the timberlands are privately owned.
Then consider that Daschle passed legislation that allowed timber to be cut in his state and precluded the enviro-wackos from suing.
Yep, by big paper/lumber companies...
How many spotted owls lot their homes?
I imagine it will cost a lot more to gather and process, due to the labor shortage. This is not "day labor" work. Due to work comp rates, you can't hire guys off the street. If you did, the injury rates would be through the roof.
Nowhere in MY post did I say that you said it was "free" Reread my reply # 6.
Lets just agree to disagree ok. I was posting to Libloather on the article anyway. You are entitled to your opinion as I am mine. Have a great day.
And all this lumber will hit the yards in a couple of weeks and we'll be paying only two bucks for 2 x 6s, right?
Out of state or in state they will buy from the cheapest source or the most convenient.
On rethinking it would seem that the local timber might be more expensive, having to harvest the trees where nature felled them, since it can't be harvested in as orderly manner as planned cutting.
"More than ten-thousand cattle in Louisiana are dead or missing."
I read on a message board last month about some guys fishing off the coast of Texas that found a dead cow floating 30 miles out.
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