A hurricane's silver lining.Although last fall's Hurricane Isabel This article is about the 2003 hurricane; there was also a Tropical Storm Isabel during the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Isabel was the costliest and deadliest hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. was a disaster for trees in the Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg is a city located on the Virginia Peninsula in the Hampton Roads region in southeastern Virginia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 11,998. , area, it may prove to be a boon for Colonial Williamsburg's new Great Hopes Plantation, which depicts 19th century farm life. Officials from Colonial Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg consists of many of the buildings that formed the original colonial capital of Williamsburg in James City County from 1699 to 1780, with all traces of later visited neighborhoods hard hit by the storm, seeking donations of red and white oak to be used for shingles shingles: see herpes zoster. shingles or herpes zoster Acute viral skin and nerve infection. Groups of small blisters appear along certain nerve segments, most often on the back, sometimes after a dull ache at the site; pain becomes and clapboard clapboard (klăb`ərd), board used for the exterior finish of a wood-framed building and attached horizontally to the wood studs. The word, in its original and strict use, refers to a product of New England; boards of similar type made elsewhere , according to an Associated Press story. Master carpenter Garland Wood said that typically it's difficult to find trees that have the quality of wood needed to accurately recreate 18th century-style buildings and interior woodwork. Trees chosen by Colonial Williasmburg from among those downed by Isabel will be used to help build a planned tobacco barn, kitchen house, and slave quarter. Wood told AP that he looks for large-diameter, slow-growing trees. In addition to red and white oak, these include longleaf pine and poplar--trees hard to find in that area. "It was extraordinary how most of these people were attached to these trees," Wood told AP. "They all said, 'We don't want to see them go to the dump and burned up.' They wanted the trees used for something." |
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