He brings in about half the trees he sells each year, mostly balsam and grand firs from the Pacific northwest where tree crops have also been hit hard by fires and extreme heat.
American officials say they've made their first check of the hard hit northern islands and the U.S. Coast Guard says it's rescued more than 400 people so far.
But when the pandemic hammered auto sales last year, top chip makers shifted capacity away from car makers to gadget makers, resulting in a critical shortage of car chips that's been called " chipagedon" .