Went back to the destruction site today and took a bunch of photos of one of the piles of house.
I didn't notice the writing or the grain on this particular stud until later during Post Processing.
I did all PP in Lightroom, I wish I could have done more selective muting of the highlights on the snow & reduced some of the grain in the background (clouds/sky). I'd wanted a bit of a spotlight effect on the grainy wood too, something I could do in Photoshop Elements, but am struggling with in CS3. I'm just not as comfortable in CS3 yet. . .