You are right about tornado downed trees. many are whipped. Some people call Whip a crack that goes up the tree from the center of the log and out from twisting, but it is acually when one of the rings inside break loose from the one next to it from bending. Some trees like yellow tulip are suceptable to it where the darker center part meets the whiter part. I got lucky though. Dad had a funnel cloud that was low and small at that point take down a bunch of trees in his woods. White oak 4 ft dia and red oak 2.5 dia,several Cherry 3ft dia, 2 Ash 3ft dia, Hickory 3ft dia and Hard maple 1.5 dia and one of the nicest big Sasafrass I ever saw 2 1/2 ft dia and no black stains or hollows. Woods was dense and one large hicory broke off at a bad spot 6 ft up from the ground but in a ravine and the top took the rest of the trees down like dominos all in a narrow row, None were whipped. I had to untangle that mess and had the logs sawn into boards at 4/4ths (1 inch). All came out beautiful! Nice straight grain and no knots. By the way, I have that lumber for sale! Guy at the saw mill said he had never seen such nice wood go through his mill. Not far down the road they had a real mess as the funnel cloud gained a bunch of strengh and by the time it went South of Spencer IN it was at F4 Level and wiped out every tree in its path, still a lot of visible damage and it was back around 2001- 2002.
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