The publication was responding to some news articles about the possible economic effects of the hurricane.
It predicted lumber demand would not be great in the next few months, despite the storm; demand might even turn out to be poor.
Random Lengths said the market was already advancing before the storm and additional factors included the industry’s cautious approach to increasing demand and customers’ tight reins on inventories.
"But to hype a devastating storm as a demand catalyst for pushing lumber prices sharply higher is, we repeat, nonsense," said Random Lengths.
