Is this a good wood to turn. Just saw a facebook post from a friend who lost theirs already in this damn storm (hurricane Sandy). Looks like there is about 4 feet still standing in the ground to the first branch about 7 inches wide. Not a huge amount of wood but I figured I could make their kids something from it since they are going to miss the tree. I hear these trees fall early and split so I was wondering if is was a very stringy wood not good to turn??? Sadly I believe this storm is going to claim allot of trees that are not ready to be turned yet ...Thanks, John