Dalmatian90
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Recently had a bit of a twister pass through Massachusetts about 20 miles as the crow flies north of me.
I know SwampYankee's been moaning all spring about the lack of log-length firewood since the loggers first were snowed out then were mudded out of the woods since January well into May.
Wonder if this fixes that situation?
That scare totals 39 miles...the part in Monson/Brimfield is a good 20 miles long x 1/2 mile wide of devastation from what was a strong EF-3 in that section. Miraculously only three deaths, saw in the paper today there's been 5,000 property insurance claims already filed...probably around 100 homes destroyed and 400 more heavily damaged, the balance being folks who lost shingles or had trees on roofs situations.
Random Thoughts I've had:
1) There's no general prohibition on moving firewood in CT & MA, outside of the Asian Longhorn Beetle zone around Worcester (which is just off the top right corner of the photo)
2) NY's firewood rules allow it to be moved 50 miles within that state. I'm 22 miles by road from Southbridge, so much of the damage zone would be within 50 road miles ... yeah, while I'm not NY it complies with the spirit of that rule to keep the wood from moving too far to fast.
(NY's rule hurts guys in Western CT...you can move wood 50 miles in NY, but you can't import a mile and a half from CT into NY...schmucks.)
3) A lot of the wood is probably cheap and easy for logging trucks to access -- clearing roads and house lots.
4) If you go into the woods though, oh man it's gotta be a bloody mess. An excavator with a claw is probably your safest bet for making some semblance of order. Next to that someone's gonna have fun with a skidder and cable.
Anyway, I'm probably just babbling. Maybe the thought of that much firewood just makes my mind go to mush.
Hate the thought of 20" trees going into tub grinders![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Isn't worth the time and gas for me to make little 1/4 cord loads in my Ranger that distance, but I wonder if I'll be seeing cheap log loads of firewood down here?
Anyone have experience with firewood supply after a twister?
I know SwampYankee's been moaning all spring about the lack of log-length firewood since the loggers first were snowed out then were mudded out of the woods since January well into May.
Wonder if this fixes that situation?
![9670908-essay.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/a8c/a8ccf0438eeafbebca0e4adb44899ca4.jpg)
That scare totals 39 miles...the part in Monson/Brimfield is a good 20 miles long x 1/2 mile wide of devastation from what was a strong EF-3 in that section. Miraculously only three deaths, saw in the paper today there's been 5,000 property insurance claims already filed...probably around 100 homes destroyed and 400 more heavily damaged, the balance being folks who lost shingles or had trees on roofs situations.
![brimfield_tornado_6-1-11b.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/9af/9afaf5978aea59ba1fc5871126e296c0.jpg)
Random Thoughts I've had:
1) There's no general prohibition on moving firewood in CT & MA, outside of the Asian Longhorn Beetle zone around Worcester (which is just off the top right corner of the photo)
2) NY's firewood rules allow it to be moved 50 miles within that state. I'm 22 miles by road from Southbridge, so much of the damage zone would be within 50 road miles ... yeah, while I'm not NY it complies with the spirit of that rule to keep the wood from moving too far to fast.
(NY's rule hurts guys in Western CT...you can move wood 50 miles in NY, but you can't import a mile and a half from CT into NY...schmucks.)
3) A lot of the wood is probably cheap and easy for logging trucks to access -- clearing roads and house lots.
4) If you go into the woods though, oh man it's gotta be a bloody mess. An excavator with a claw is probably your safest bet for making some semblance of order. Next to that someone's gonna have fun with a skidder and cable.
Anyway, I'm probably just babbling. Maybe the thought of that much firewood just makes my mind go to mush.
Hate the thought of 20" trees going into tub grinders
Isn't worth the time and gas for me to make little 1/4 cord loads in my Ranger that distance, but I wonder if I'll be seeing cheap log loads of firewood down here?
Anyone have experience with firewood supply after a twister?
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