Thread: Have any of you been in a derecho?

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Monday at around 11am we got nailed by a huge storm moving at 75mph called a Derecho. It was crazy. Lots of people without power still and many trees to clean up. Seth, did you get anything from it up there? This was not predicted by local weather quacks. But I did read that the WMS warned local meteorologists before the storm hit. I sure didn't know. I knew we were in for some bad chit when the sky kept getting dark, then black.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2UABCe2zYY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQNvTqB0NYg

In my town we didn't get the 100mph winds so minimal damage to my house and stuff.
But parts of our town lost huge trees and limbs etc. My Dad lives 8 miles NW of me in Mitchellville. He lost several trees and fences. He currently has no power. My in laws live roughly 15 miles north of us outside of Valeria, and they lost around 15 trees and are still without power. My brother Scott lives in Mingo and he lost nearly every tree he has on his property. Luckily none of them damaged his house or vehicles.

I was in Altoona Iowa when it hit there and I've never been in a wind storm quite like that. It has straight line winds but also swirling winds too. The winds were over 100mph so driving a mini van load full of kids was not my idea of a good time. It was literally like driving in the movie Twister with more rain.

The first 2 pics are my Dad's place. The next is a farm just west of my in laws. Next pic is a farm 2 miles south of my brother's house.