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Anyone know what happens to most of the branches and downed trees from a storm?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:04 pm
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:04 pm
I know this isn’t a major concern in a natural disaster recovery. But it just seems like there is so much good wood being thrown away at roads. Obviously I’m not going and collecting it either. Just curious what happens to it.
Do wood companies collect what they can and make lumber out of it?
Do people ride around and look for good fire wood?
Anyone ride around for good firewood logs?
I had a few trees that I plan to keep for my smoker. Really wish I had an industrial chipper right now because I would make tons of oak chips/chunks.
When the parish picks it up do they just burn it all, do they chip it for mulch, does anyone pick through the stuff they pick up for usable stuff?
Do wood companies collect what they can and make lumber out of it?
Do people ride around and look for good fire wood?
Anyone ride around for good firewood logs?
I had a few trees that I plan to keep for my smoker. Really wish I had an industrial chipper right now because I would make tons of oak chips/chunks.
When the parish picks it up do they just burn it all, do they chip it for mulch, does anyone pick through the stuff they pick up for usable stuff?
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Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:12 pm to Cigar
After Sally hit Alabama there were huge staging areas for the down trees, etc. where they were mulched up and loaded onto huge trucks. Where they went after that I don't know.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:21 pm to Cigar
My grandpa used to pile up the storm wood in the back of his Suburban. Then he'd bring it home for me and my brother to split for firewood. Some years, we'd split logs for days with just a sledge hammer and a few wedges.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:22 pm to Cigar
Always wondered if they want Christmas trees for coastal erosion, why not all the down trees after a hurricane.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:24 pm to Cigar
I can tell you that most of the trees in my mothers yard will be piled up in the pasture behind her house and burned at some point.
It’s gonna be a helluva fire.
It’s gonna be a helluva fire.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:27 pm to Nicky Parrish
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Always wondered if they want Christmas trees for coastal erosion, why not all the down trees after a hurricane.
This is exactly what they should be doing.
Heck, with enough debris they should be able to build barrier islands.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:39 pm to Nicky Parrish
I just emailed this exact thing to a few of my Reps. Now would be the perfect time to help rebuild the coastal marshes with trees.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:20 pm to Cigar
The amount of debris on the side of roads right now in SELA could probably add hundreds of square miles of coastline to Louisiana
Posted on 9/16/21 at 6:06 pm to BadatBourre
Let us know if they respond!
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:27 pm to Cigar
The amount of trees, pines and hardwoods, down in kisatchie last year was incredible. There were areas you could literally walk from down tree to down tree and cover a lot of ground.
I know ultimately it isn’t wasted (goes back into the earth, etc) but it was a bit sad to see so many mature trees just go out like that.
I know ultimately it isn’t wasted (goes back into the earth, etc) but it was a bit sad to see so many mature trees just go out like that.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:59 pm to Cigar
if anyone wants all-you-can-eat pecan wood it’s piled up in front of my house in Hammond. Bring a chain saw
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:23 pm to cgrand
I can tell you exactly what happens…
Your local mayor, commissioner, etc creates an LLC and gets the contracts to create debris removal sites on his vacant land and makes a fortune from fema.
Also his buddies in whatever industry that has access to trucks gets the hauling contract and makes a killing as well
Your local mayor, commissioner, etc creates an LLC and gets the contracts to create debris removal sites on his vacant land and makes a fortune from fema.
Also his buddies in whatever industry that has access to trucks gets the hauling contract and makes a killing as well
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:28 pm to Cigar
Throw them in the woods and hope the deer go around them straight into my food plot .
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:40 pm to bobdylan
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The amount of trees, pines and hardwoods, down in kisatchie last year was incredible. There were areas you could literally walk from down tree to down tree and cover a lot of ground. I know ultimately it isn’t wasted (goes back into the earth, etc) but it was a bit sad to see so many mature trees just go out like that.
They were able to salvage over 15k acres of it Supposedly wood is still good ens people still logging in there
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:23 pm to Ron Cheramie
That’s good to hear.
I wondered about that, like the OP.
I wondered about that, like the OP.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 9:51 pm to bobdylan
I’ve been grabbing the bigger water oak pieces and have me about 6 cords when I get to splitting. Broke my back lifting them big arse stumps so gonna let em season in the stack before I rent the splitter.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 3:34 am to Cigar
We buy it back in the spring, it comes in a plastic bag with mulch stamped on it.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 9:34 am to TigerTatorTots
Yea I don’t really care how they are used. Just hoping they aren’t really wasted.
Someone said one of the cities in the lake Charles area would let companies go through them and pay for what they wanted and the rest was chipped and made into cheap or free mulch for the community.
Someone said one of the cities in the lake Charles area would let companies go through them and pay for what they wanted and the rest was chipped and made into cheap or free mulch for the community.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 9:34 am to Cigar
Really considering getting a chipper to make chip/chunks for my smoker. I’d never need to buy them again.
Posted on 9/17/21 at 9:48 am to Nicky Parrish
quote:I'm just guessing here but Christmas trees seem to be the perfect size and have a lot of branches in a compact area. So you bundle a few Christmas trees together and start stacking them side by side, and it makes for a decent marsh island. Don't think larger trees with more spread out branches would work well for that purpose. Plus it would probably create a navigational hazard if they set a bunch of logs from mature sized trees out in the marsh if another storm came through and dislodged some of those logs.
Always wondered if they want Christmas trees for coastal erosion, why not all the down trees after a hurricane.
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