Lumber and building supplies fixing to go through the roof

[primroselane]

We all know that increased freight costs are going to raise the costs of lumber and other building supplies. But yesterday President Bush signed off on $10.5 billion in aid for hurricane victims, which he termed a "downpayment" on the money to come.

A tremendous amount of lumber is going to me needed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. Those people not only have endless federal aid to bid for lumber and construction materials, but tens of billions in insurance payments. Besides gas gouging, we will be dealing with lumber gouging.

Many people in the construction trades will go to the Katrina destruction area because there will be a premium paid for their services. The fewer construction workers that remain will have increased demand and higher prices.

And this scenario doesn't anticipate any more major hurricanes striking the US this year.

[rambler]

And concrete. Already in tight supply, heavy so it costs a lot to transport. Going to go up. A lot.

--->Paul

[thedonkeyman]

GEO DOMES constructed out of concrete and steel, with metal shutters. Put this a third under ground and see if any wind plows it away? I hear that a man has used a balloon as a form and sprayed concrete over it. They need to rethink the Housing in the midwest.

[Quint]

If you are going to live in an area that WILL get blasted with hurricanes standard construction is pretty stupid. It will get blown away or inundated. The technology exists to build homes that will withstand hurricanes but I doubt it will be used by many people as long as someone else continually foots the bill to rebuild them.

The folks that live in the floodplains along the various rivers around here build their houses on large earth mounds or on stilts. The bottoms are used as garages but when it floods the water just flows through the break away walls. The damage is minimal.

Folks in hurricane country will have to adapt too. Concrete houses, domes and such with steel shutters built above flood levels. Again, if someone else is footing the bill they most likely won't.

[Buckshot]

Talked to a friend of mine yesterday, his buddy called him. He's a carpenter,leaving for missippi on tuesday 9-06-05 offered a job at 2000.00 a week, two meals a day and something else wich i forgot. The money pouring in to the area is going to be astounding.