WSJ article made it seem as if these lights were already in place:
"Airport officials also inspected lights meant to indicate when it isn’t safe for planes to venture across runways and verified they were working at that particular runway, according to the summary."
Fires are threatening an important swath of the U.S.’s wood supply, pinching output that has been under pressure since the pandemic touched off homebuying and remodeling booms and sent lumber prices soaring.
COMMODITIES
Lumber Prices Are Falling Fast, Turning Hoarders Into Sellers
June 15, 2021 08:29 pm ET
Prices have dropped from record highs spurred by the economic reopening, potentially pointing to an eventual return to normalcy.
COMMODITIES
Despite Lumber Boom, Few New Sawmills Coming
May 17, 2021 04:49 pm ET
Executives in the cyclical business of sawing logs into lumber say they are content to rake in cash while lumber prices are sky-high and aren’t racing out to build new sawmills.
MARKETS
Lumber Prices Break New Records
May 3, 2021 04:49 pm ET
Home buyers and renters are bearing the brunt of rising wood costs, while sawmills are poised for another quarter of big profits.
MARKETS
Lumber Prices Notch Records on Building, Remodeling Boom
February 16, 2021 05:17 pm ET
Lumber prices have shot to fresh records, defying the normal winter slowdown in wood-product sales in a sign that the pandemic building boom is bowling into 2021.
COMMODITIES
Lumber Prices Rise Again
November 20, 2020 04:42 pm ET
Lumber prices are making an unusual late-season climb, thanks to builder-friendly autumn weather and suppliers stocking up for what they expect to be another big year for home construction.