The amount of damage was really incredible. In one town near me there was not a single tree left undamaged. Still people without electricity after 10 days!

Yesterday I drove off to the coast range to dump some carcasses. Could not believe the damage to timberland. In some places 50% or more of mature Doug firs had their tops broken off!

Terrible damage! My Ag weatherman said last week it was going to be bad there. Our last bad one was in 2008.

I went to Florence last weekend, the damage is odd, some places it’s terrible just past the tunnel on 126 it just about ends. Other places thought everything came down. Green creek on Hwy 36 there are some big trees down within 100 feet of the Hwy. guessing 24-30 inch Doug firs, it’s going to take a while before anyone cuts their way in there. Oregon needs to start logging some of the coast range or we are in for a disastrous wildfire.

Western Wildlife Services

And this was the “end of the trail” for me yesterday. As far as the road crew had made it to.

Ice is rough on trees that aren't adapted to it. Down here the pines come apart dropping limbs. The hardwoods fare better though some like pecans are poorly shaped and prone to breakage as well.

Bp is that Whittier creek?

Nope. Clay creek.

Geez, with that amount of timber down August could get pretty sporty for you guys. That looks like a pretty deep fuel bed for fire season.

The private timberland owners got a heck of a good deal for a cheap pre-commercial thinning. But it was weird, some hillsides had massive amounts of snap offs on the upper crowns and other hillsides appeared to have zero damage. Just wherever those passing clouds dumped their loads.