We all see the mills and all the stack lumber and it would be hard to think we would be in a bind, but realize even before this catastrophe, lumber had a high demand on it.
It is a disservice to people right now to let them rebuild everywhere. The tragedy is that they are likely, after a lot of hard work and personal investment, to find they can't get insurance, they can't get a mortgage, there won't be stores and city services for them.