Gym teachers: the weather is fine we're going outside.

Never been so emotionally attached to a pine tree before

I know I commented on this video before, but I'll say it again. This is one of the best storm footage videos I've seen. You get to see this thing progress from somewhat benign and watch as it transitions into this monster that wipes out most of the trees that were there at the start of the video. And they let you see all this without the annoying music or commentary that plagues some of the other storm videos out there.

There is something thrilling about watching a storm. The sound of the wind, watching the rain fall and the trees move and the smell of the water. I could feel that tingling feeling just watching this. Thank you for sharing.

My parents: we walked through this every morning to get to school

Emergency broadcasts give me more anxiety than the disasters themselves

I remember my boss coming to my office that day and saying “Go home right now. Be with your wife and son.” As I drove home I saw it roll in over interstate 75 and felt my ears pop. It was a scary drive home.

This storm forever changed the landscape of Cedar Rapids. Man, it felt like this lasted an eternity when it happened. Almost an hour of these winds, and debris for months, actually more like a year. So glad people could pull together and help each other out. We were out of power for 11 days during the heat of summer. Not something I’d want to go through again, but definitely won’t be forgotten any time soon.

Bosses be like: you're still on your way to work rn right?

My therapist: Don’t watch things that trigger your anxiety Me: *looking up natural disaster footage*

0:00 Warning for the Derecho 0:14 Derecho starts 0:34 Rain starts 2:25 Debris starts to fly 4:59 Derecho strengthens 5:09 Huge gusts start 5:21 More debris fly 5:38 Bush flies on driveway 5:45 Alarm 9:04 Visibility Lowers 10:34 Small tree falls 13:16 Tree in the background falls 14:09 Spruce Tree falls with a smaller tree 16:16 Almost zero visibility 26:39 Zero Visibilty 29:58 End if Video

Growing up in Iowa I was used to the threat of tornadoes, but the scale of this storm was just an alien experience to me. I was in the western suburbs of Chicago that day and had multiple large trees come down on porches and cars on my block, I had half a tree fall in my front yard. This was basically a Midwest hurricane in scale.

Someone left the house's turn signal on.

I want a relationship strong as that bird feeder..

This happened on December 3 2007 on the Oregon Coast, gusts of 85-90 mph in Astoria where I lived, I was 4 but I remember the roofs blown off houses around me, trees falling over, widespread damage! Not just that, but it lasted over 24 hours. Oregon coast storms are underrated. They're not hurricanes, not thunderstorms, but just regular coastal windstorms and they can last quite a while and be pretty intense.

@ 0:22..."It's just ah gust"...and then BAM! We went through two Derechos back in VA in 2012 and 2013 and I tell you, they are NO JOKE! It's very close to tornadic activity. Brought down several pine trees and you know, those trees are flexible. That was amazing footage which shows the power of these Derechos. Glad no one was injured.

Trees break in half, trees get ripped from their roots but that gosh dang bird feeder man.

I wanna know where they bought that bird feeder from. Solid.

Truly one of the most captivating, heartbreaking, soul-ripping, extraordinary weather videos I have watched. I'm so glad that you all were safe. I won't lie, thiugh, I shed some tears seeing all of that destruction to the trees, especially your beautiful pine tree. The video so clearly shows why that historic derecho is referred to as an inland hurricane. God bless you all. 🙏

These storms are scary, just as bad as a tornado. But over a larger area. Thank you for recording this. It shoes the awesome power of the wind.

I was rooting for every tree.

That bird feeder ad was almost 30 minutes long.

I remember this Derecho that hit Illinois. I was sitting in the living room table after I got off work from 12:30 P.M. while I was sitting in the living room table, just around 4:00 P.M. the sky starts to dim. I thought it was 7:00 P.M. already, but when I looked through the kitchen window, it was pitch black north, and I was like "What the hell" I got out of the chair and looked out the kitchen window, and I was very much surprised, I went through the garage and open the garage door and as I walked out of the garage a gust of wind came right at that moment as I stepped outside as I looked northwest saw this Derecho. I heard thunderous booms against the grain silos, the wind was that strong to make those thunderous booms from the grain silos. I was taken by surprised. After my dad came home from work we decided to head in the house. I never seen such a storm like this, before. I have seen strong thunderstorms before, but nothing like this. I still remembered this Derecho as of today. Such a wild experience from this storm. It kinds died down after it passed over Illinois.

I know it sounds selfish / shortsighted but I LOVE the idea of being cozy inside with some hot choccy during a genuinely scary storm

14:15, a brave soul put up the good fight but alas was snapped off at the base and laid to waste. A moment of silence for the loss of a Beautiful tree.

Darn. I was cheering for that beautifully shaped spruce tree. Rip

I am most impressed with the fact they kept power as long as they did, that first gust would’ve knocked ours out immediately

This is insane. I've never seen anything like this. What I find the craziest is how peaceful and silent does it gets in between sometimes. And then it turns absolutely insane...

“It’s just a gust” *BOY WERE THEY WRONG*

Mother Nature: and you get a branch! and you get a branch! and you get a branch!

God, I remember this storm like it was yesterday. I was about to head to my friends house up the street, but forgot my phone. That was the thing that saved me from being outside when it started, because there was no warning. Clear sky one minute, terrible storm the next. We were thankfully some of the lucky few in our neighborhood to only have trees taken out, many others had collapsed garages and/or shattered windows.

So intense! Wow what a powerful storm. Around 6:33 it gets heavy and when many of the trees are cleared out...WOW! Cheers from Tampa Bay 🌴

It’s always heartbreaking when a tree gets snapped in half. it obviously had been there a long time. It’s like losing an old friend.

See you guys in 5 years when this gets recommended again!

Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. Over and over again. Holy heck. It's like a sustained downburst (I use that analogy only because I've been through some). And that truck driving out there....I hope they made it home safely. I experienced my first hurricane (Hurricane Hilary) last week down here in Southern California. Although, by the time it made its way to me, it was a tropical storm. But it was still intense with gusts up to 70mph. We suffered a lot of damage. It was whiteout, much like this. We flooded instantly because it's the desert and our ground is not able to absorb water like in Florida or Texas where hurricanes are common. So the 4 inches of rain it dropped here caused significant damage and flooding. What incredible footage. Thank you for this. I hope the costs of repair and replacement weren't too extensive. RIP, you beautiful tree 😢

Poor little tree 🌲 I was invested in its survival like all of you!!! It hung in there as long as it could!! Living through a hurricane 🌀 this definitely compares! Great video!!

Whoever installed that bird feeder deserves a nobel prize.

KZfaq algorithm: So you might be wondering why I've gathered you all here today...

This is absolutely insane! We had a Derecho tear through my area last year, it caused millions in damage and a few deaths. But it was not sustained, in waves like this! I couldn’t imagine.

This was an amazing video! Thank you for sharing, and most importantly, I'm glad you all are safe!!

Every tree: gone Bird feeder: still standing

That was such a pretty tree in front of your house. Shame.

My God, this just went on and on!!! It was like MULTIPLE tornadoes! Excellent footage!

..such a beautiful tree.. I have a pine tree and it was stuck sideways for 2 years, my dad had to wrap a rope around it to hold it straight up. And now another storm hit it today and it’s tipped over again, but a different tree got snapped down the middle and a huge chunk of branches fell off of it, we might have to cut it down.

I wish more storm videos were like this, no holding the camera, not much talking, Good view of wind, perfect audio, great quality. and nobody had to do stupid shit to get the video recorded, nor did 99% of the storm get deleted.

"How's the weather, Ollie?" "It's raining sideways!!" "Thanks, Ollie."

I just realized I live up the hill from you. Crazy, scary and very uncertain time this was.

In only 14 minutes, everything goes from beautiful and calm to chaotic and dangerous

Husband: Honey, I have good news and bad news. Wife: What's the bad news? Husband: All our trees are gone. Wife: (sighs) Well, what's the good news? Husband: We still have the bird feeder.

My mom: “You need to get off that stupid phone and go outside” Outside:

*Florida* *Wind* *Gust* *Conversion* 0:16 - 3:35 - Avg. Windy Day 5:04 - 5:33 Avg. Rain Storm Gusts 6:22 - 6:50 Avg. Sev. Thunderstorm Gusts 7:14 - Tropical Storm Gust ~ *Sustained* *TStorm* *Winds* ~ 7:39 - Low Cat 1 H. Gust 8:01 - 9:28 - Tropical Storm Gusts ~ 9:40 *Power* *Outage* *Starts* ~ ~ *APC*-*UPS* *Alarm* *Starts* *and* *Cont.* ~ 9:45 - 12:41 - Tropical Storm Gusts 13:07 - Low Cat 1 H. Gust 13:35 - High Cat 1 H. Gust 14:10 - Low Cat 2 H. Gust ~ *Sustained* *Low* *Cat* *1* *Winds* ~ 14:40 - Low Cat 2 H. Gust 16:17 - High Cat 2 H. Gust 18:15 - High Cat 1 H. Gust ~ 18:40 *Sustained* *TStorm* *Winds* ~ 19:08 - 29:46 - Cat 1 & Low Cat 2 H. Gusts Sev. = Severe H. = Hurricane APS-UPS = APC Battery Backup I’m legitimately in disbelief over the difference between Iowa vs. Florida tree strength. I had to use the flexibility of thick branches, ground winds, horizontal precipitation, and stationary objects for my scale. I did not use branch breaks/small aerial foliage. *Source*: I have experienced 10 hurricanes: Erin, Charley, Frances, Jeanne, Wilma, Katrina, Irma, Dorian, Ian, and Nicole.

You can't see it, but you can feel it. I'll always remember It was late afternoon It lasted forever....

A few minutes in: oh, I'll just watch for a few more minutes 30 minutes later: holy crap

Watching this from Naples, FL. This is basically an eye wall experience... ‘washing machine’ effect, ‘constant roar’, thinking that there’s no way the wind can get any stronger- then the next gust blows your mind. You wonder how much more your house can endure... what damage the tree limbs are doing to your roof. Then the logic starts to kick in.... “if all of Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas are just as bad, the cleanup is going to take weeks. Maybe months. And we may be without power for days, if not weeks.” I’ve been there, I know. But you’ll make it through this. You will. Stay safe. ✌🏼

I was at work in West Des Moines when this hit. I’ve never been so scared in my life. It got pitch black, and of course our office was surrounded by windows. Our supervisors would not let us go to shelters, they said it “was just a little wind”

The trees coming down are scary, but what I found most unsettling is when you could no longer even see your neighbor's house across the street.

My husband was in Cedar Rapids days after, working with a non profit called Eights Days of Hope. They are still there helping with clean up. God bless you. We are from Virginia.

Almost 4 years ago in 6 months, this is the storm that gave me the ptsd I have, I’ve never experienced a storm produce so fast in all my life, I’m born and raised here in the country side of CR, this is the storm that I convinced my parents to get a weather radio after

I live in a SMALL town in Southern Ontario, Canada. We had a Derecho the end of May last year and it was SCARY. We also had 1-2 confirmed tornados inside the derecho, and we usually don't get this kind of weather up here. Ever since then, Southern Ontario has been getting more and more baaaad weather and some small tornados

“It’s just a gust.” *Trees falling over*

RIP every tree in the neighborhood. They fought brave.

This is awesome Brother! I lived through a Cat 1 Hurricane in Suffolk, Virginia USA in 2003. Hurricane Isabel was her name and she destroyed tons of houses and trees. I still remember the night she hit like it was last night. Pine, Tulip, and Massive Oak trees that were healthy fell like they were little toy trees. We did not have power for 14 days. I can not imagine what you folks go through with tornados in the Midwest area of this country. You are hardcore people and I respect you. Peace.

I lived in Grundy Center, Iowa when this happened. Grundy center was on the extreme north end of this storm, and I still after 25 years think it one of the worst storms I’ve experienced, and living in north central iowa, I’ve experienced storms. At the time of this video, we were currently coming out of our basements to see the damage. (80 miles to the west)

Retail store manager be like: "you're still coming into work"

I actually got sad when the evergreen snapped. It made it so far 🥺

0:22 "it's just a gust :)" Famous last words.

Living in Oregon i only get to see the start up of these Derechos. the closest thing we get are the Pacific Monsoons. great footage

“It’s just a gust” She didn’t know how wrong she was.

Rest In Peace little tree, you held on as long as you could 😢

Honestly... the tree was the best character ive seen in a performance my whole life..

16:17 that is an absolutely insane wind gust. It wiped that tree after it withstood it so far. The amount of trees that just got wiped out is crazy. I’d say you guys were cleaning up for months after this.

The trees: are falling down violently The bird feeder: ahh, nice weather outside, eh?

The anxiety I felt for the people just driving by I'm over here watching yelling "Go faster get home!"

Ive experienced two of these. Its insane. As soon as that sky gets dark and the wind picks up get in the house.

That hanging planter stand held on for dear life. What a champion.

Seeing your little fir tree snap over was heartbreaking. As a plant-lover, you have my deepest condolences...

Am I the only one that finds storms terrifying and beautiful at the same time ?

Remembering to buy an emergency radio after this lol It might be late to say but really sorry about the damages. It's good you guys were okay!! Amazing footage and the audio is weirdly soothing despite the chaos.

I’ll never forget this storm . I was at work when it hit the QC Cities that day and I was in one of the first neighborhoods to get power back on the same day it hit.

Everything else: falls down Bird feeder: did you feel something?

I was asleep at University when this happened. My dorm is not air conditioned, and I woke up and put on my blanket for the first time because it was actually cold. Then I hear the tornado sirens go off and very quickly got dressed. My floors resident advisor took us downstairs to the basement and we sat there for half an hour. I went outside the next day and was in awe of the damage it caused. I have lived in the midwest my entire life, but I have never been through a tornado that touched down in my town. When I first heard it was called an "*nland Hurricane" I thought it was a joke, but then I saw the radar and I was baffled. This was an experience that I will never forget.

I was manning the control house of a swing bridge over the Mississippi River at Davenport IA when this thing rolled through. By the time I realized how bad it was it was too late to get off the bridge and had the pleasure of riding this thing out. It was quite the experience.

I have experienced a few derechos in Chicago. They sounded like a jet engine and everything outside my window was a horizontal blur of green, grey, and white, with the occasional unidentifiable objects flying by as colored blurs. The aftermath was a street with standing water and littered with building and roofing materials, trees, patio furniture, and detritus.

How many people were rooting for that evergreen tree in the foreground ? !! And the big trees across the street ? !! Kudos to the construction people who built the houses in view !

I got a little teary eyed when your evergreen snapped

I was actually at work at Pine Lake State Park when this happened. Everyone was terrified. Afterwards, all of the corn in the area was completely flattened.

I was rooting for the pine tree the whole time, and when it went, I almost cried.

As a person that lives in Texas and goes through hurricanes... I don't understand why these types of storms are NOT discussed as much as hurricanes. This is just as insane as the storms I have gone through.

And this ladies and gentleman is why you never cheap out in windows for your home.

That's was amazing to watch. I hope by this time everyone has new landscaping and that this storm is all in the past. May many good things have happened since - to this family- and everyone.

When I was a boy growing up in Kansas, we have had a few close calls with tornadoes. But this was something that scared me and I pray to God I never have to experience this again. It happened at the worst time too, I was supposed to move into my dorm the week after this and the storm destroyed my car.

This is the kind of stuff our grandparents would walk up hill both ways in to go to school

Iowa people are so optimistic. Her: "It's just a gust." *10 minutes later* Trees blow over

I was in the Carolinas Outbreak of March 28 1984. 22 tornadoes claimed 57 lives and 1,248 injuries along a 400 mile long swath . The largest F4 reached 2.5 miles wide near Red Springs NC. 1400 homes and 25,000 acres of timber destroyed . I knew some of the people who lost loved ones that night . I've been through more than two dozen hurricanes and several downbursts and winter storms . Tornadoes are the most nerve -racking for me . They can turn a community upside down in just two minutes time .

WOW! This was intense. I live on the east coast and I’ve been through A LOT of hurricanes. This reminds me of them.

See you all in 6 years when KZfaq randomly recommends this video...

I live in CR and was trying to make it home to my kid when this hit. Every street I tried was blocked by falling trees or power lines. I was driving through peoples yards just to try and get somewhere more open, I honestly thought I was going to die that day. Luckily I only lost some shingles, a bunch of siding and sadly my garage/workshop that had my jet boat I’d been building the last 4 years. Went without power for 15 days and just got my cable and internet back yesterday, cell service is still crap with no data. What a nightmare

I’m in Texas and we get large violent tornadoes the difference is they move along after 1 to 2 minutes, this is basically a tornado that stays in the same spot for 30 minutes, absolutely insane.

RIP tree, you will be remembered of how much you have helped us showing life and love. 😟

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