Waste of good hardwood

[Harry]

As I drive through my streets, I am reminded of the scenes of a few months back after Hurricane Irene came through here. Our neighborhood lost hundreds of mighty oak trees that lined the streets for months. Disaster relief crews and tree removal services swooped in from states all over. We were desperately trying to get our lives back in order and basic services restored. We couldn't get in and out of our homes, let alone find power or energy to rescue all that beautiful hardwood. I lost four trees myself apart from a number of smaller trees. Now I think of all that wood, now gone, and almost cry. Just the trees I could see from my house would make center beams for many a fine room if handled right. Instead, they were cut down, hauled away and ended up as firewood or mulch somewhere.

I'm missing my trees; can you tell?

 

[woodcrafts]

I can tell and I feel for you. Of course you were not thinking of that at the time. You had no power, probably damage to your home and many other things to worry about. Others were not thinking either I'm sure - they just had to get the area cleaned up. I bet it is firewood somewhere, but at least it's being used to heat someone's house. It stinks - but there was nothing you could do at the time.

 

[BldrsWife]

The same thing happened in an area not far from where I live. Almost all the trees on a stretch of road were completely sheered off in a tornado. The road looks so different now without those beautiful old trees. The clean-up was done quickly to restore services to nearby homes but it is a shame that these huge trees were just cut up and hauled away.