We're pretty well stocked up on firewood, food, water and we have a back up generator. It's surprising to me how many folks in Alaska are not prepared for emergency situations.
By the time I'm done cutting logs on a couple of 10 acre lots this winter, opening up some views for the landowner, I'll have enough saw logs to keep the mill running all year and I'll be 2 1/2 to 3 years ahead on firewood. And that doesn't include the slabs that are a by product of the mill.
I see folks buying those little bundles of firewood at the grocery store and gas stations and just wish they'd come by the mill. I'd load all the slabs they want for free. Of course most of them don't own anything they could use to reduce the slab to firewood. It's hard to give the slabs away. I have one guy who will come get a trailer load occasionally but most people don't want to work that hard.
