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Over the last dozen years or so I've noticed another phenomena assoicated with climate change. Finished unloading and stacking a load of firewood this morning, and the rounds are getting significantly heavier. Must be an increase in wood density.

Sounds good to me, I'd run with it.

I always,thought denser wood was a result of colder climate. Slower growing. The big mouths say it's getting warmer. Change is safe, I guess. I still think they're idiots.

yeah, either that, or just accept that change happens?

in my neighborhood, the trees continue to grow, then when a storm comes, some of them tend to fall across the highway, and sometimes cause no harm, and other times kill some of the locals. cars cannot defend against falling trees from a wind storm, i have come to discover.

if humans can change (can they?), then why not allow for climate change? if change happens who's fault is it, the local muslim fundamentalist asks in good faith.

The only impact of real of "climate change" is where your tax money is being wasted.

wasting money is what we do best. it's been going as a long traditional process.

thankfully they're printing enough money that some of it can be wasted, and the process can continue right on.

Of course the wood density issue has nothing to do with the fact that my 70th birthday is fast approaching.

Lots hills are getting steeper and taller, and I've noticed some 35 year old chicks are starting to look pretty sharp as well.

Everywhere I walk, it's UPHILL. And my left knee, the one with two torn meniscusi and the 3/4-range osteoarthritis, hurts like crazy.

Gotta be climate change.

All hail Algore (what an azzwipe)

Blessings,

Steve

Al Gore's fault!

Ya beat me to it, Steve.

Nor mine, the fact that I'll be 73 years young on June 18th.

it never was about us, it never was, as much as we wanted it to be.

it's all about the Grands, and are we planting enough trees to allow them a shade to sit under, while discussing the issues that confront them.

Wood getting heavier?

That happens when you keep re-celebrating your 39th birthday.

Climate is always changing. That is called weather. Sometimes it is fires, sometimes it is volcanoes, sometimes it is pollution, and sometimes it the sun which causes changes. This is one division of government we need to shut down and refund all the money they spent.

Yes...it has absolutely nothing to do with getting older.

Huh...guess someone hasn't told our hardwoods about that theory.

Simpler solution on the wood density issue is obvious... Either you are being sold wetter wood or you are cutting wetter wood than you used to...

As I get older I am happy to have any wood in my hand.

Sitka:

In the firewood line nothing but standing dead western larch touches my saw.

Did cut some green western juniper for posts last fall and that stuff was heavy. Nearly feel over backward though when I picked up the first one this spring. I can not imagine what green firewood might weigh.

Headed out in the AM for hopefully the last load this year.

I used to cut a lot of fire wood for friends and family. The most desireable wood available in our local forests is douglas fir.

One day we found a good sized patch of 14" to 20" trees which had been subjected to a microburst several weeks earlier and snapped the tops out of the trees.

As I intended to let the load season over the next year, I cut and loaded three cord of that water saturated doug fir onto the pickup and trailer. It weighed in at over 4000 lb/cord.

Inland Doug Fir is good wood. Locally we seem to transition from Ponderosa pine straight into White/Grand Fir with only a scattering of Doug Fir. Don't find a dead one very often. Local rumor is Grand Fir will actually suck heat out of ones house. Some use it as air conditioning in the summer. Pretty prone to heart rot too, so I never cut the stuff.

I'm about 6 years ahead on wood, but keep at it to build up a reserve in case the back decides to go south.

Have a good one,