What is a ‘Derecho’?

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This looks like a scene from ‘Stranger Things’ - here’s what the rare weather phenomenon ‘derecho’ really is 🌩
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@AxelXionSora Ай бұрын

As someone who lived through hurricanes in Houston they’re like short term hurricanes that form over land as opposed to over oceans. Hurricanes =ocean Derecho= land

@joellebrodeur1015 Ай бұрын

Exactly. I think derecho is an inland hurricane. Even the eerie sky color is the same as strong hurricanes.

@jameslowry4393 Ай бұрын

Been thru 4 in houston.2nd one no power for 6 weeks.

@too_tall3199 28 күн бұрын

That’s what it felt like lol no lights for a week they still cleaning up from that storm in 2020 in Iowa

@partnerwithjee5114 27 күн бұрын

TRUCKERS PASSING THROUGH HOUSTON VIA 610 WEST LOOP STARING AT THE SKYSCRAPERS

@swere1240 Күн бұрын

some people call them inland hurricanes but they are very different types of storm system's a derecho is a large bowing squall line with super intense downbursts and can be imbedded with quick spin up tornado's. i went through the iowa 2020 derecho and it was insane. literally no warning i was at work in a tree cause i work for a tree service when the sirens went off. im glad i got down cause 20 minutes later that tree was blown over ontop of the customers poor shed.

@catherine6332 9 ай бұрын

So crazy. I’ve been into meteorology since I was a kid and I only heard about derechos a few weeks ago. My mind is blown, these things are INSANE and I feel like nobody talks about them! I feel so bad for the people who had to deal with the destruction 😢

@djbear6427 Ай бұрын

either created or we are in unreal times

@cawilliamsen Ай бұрын

One of the worst ones happened 12 years ago, and you are just hearing about it 8 months ago....

@williammielenz3752 27 күн бұрын

Microbursts are not uncommon in urban areas.

@Diaryofannefrankpt2 22 күн бұрын

They never existed until now. It's a Mandela effect.

@flamingsword777 3 күн бұрын

That's true and one caused a deadly plane crash in New Orleans in 1983 when i.was a kid. As an adult, I got hit by a tornado in the neighborhood where the plane crashed due to the microburst. @@williammielenz3752

@nihlifi 23 күн бұрын

We had a massive derecho in Iowa back in 2020. It crossed the entire length of the state and even moved into the next state. At it's peak, the winds were gusting up to 140mph with sustained wind speeds of 100+mph. As it was passing over us, it lasted nearly 30 minutes. The winds were so strong they caved in grain silos and bent the steel of radio towers. They are no joke.

@melhope 12 күн бұрын

It continued through Illinois and spawned a tornado that went through my neighborhood on the north side of Chicago.

@jbmanifestor5016 Жыл бұрын

Just experienced one last night in Tulsa. Power is still out and could be out for days for some people. It was pretty terrifying.

@davidmcnelley8672 7 ай бұрын

That was a crazy day, thankfully my new house didn’t get ripped off it’s anchoring . It had just been placed on the pad and didn’t have the skirting on yet.

@samwilbur6155 5 ай бұрын

We just had a Derecho in Australia on Christmas night. We're still without power and all the trees and powerlines in my area got flattened and broken in half. First time I've ever experienced something so crazy

@Trancemaster001 Жыл бұрын

Last summer's derecho in Ontario Canada traveled 998 kilometers over 9 hours 😳 the sky turned green,with extreme winds😢

@JAKETHECANADIAN 26 күн бұрын

yeah the winds in ottawa ere like 191 km hr

@sillylilkoala Ай бұрын

In August 2020 I experienced the derecho that passed through northern Illinois. It was pretty scary. That storm did the most damage in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It came a long way to us.

@mytiawalker1599 29 күн бұрын

I was in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at that time. Somehow, my apartment and neighbor complex was spared. All the other apartments were destroyed. The majority of everything around us was destroyed. Had no electric, phone service, and couldn't go to work for a week.

@thegraffitiplayground1325 26 күн бұрын

@@mytiawalker1599same didn’t have power for 9 days in Cedar Rapids where I was. Power lines and trees got hammered.

@bmxkilo Жыл бұрын

I was in the iowa one in august 2020 and I was in a car outside in Cedar Rapids where it was reported to be the worst, 140 mph winds apparently

@sillylilkoala Ай бұрын

That storm came all the way to northern Illinois, and it was so scary even then. We only got about 80mph winds by the time it reached us.

@TOOL_MARKS 29 күн бұрын

@@sillylilkoala "Only" 80 mph winds.... That's considered 'Hurricane force'.

@sillylilkoala 29 күн бұрын

@TOOL_MARKS I said "only" as compared to it's full strength winds it was quite lower.

@TOOL_MARKS 29 күн бұрын

@@sillylilkoala True. I have heard of some crazy top-end wind gusts occurring during Derechos, into triple-digit MPH speeds.

@ryanfallon Жыл бұрын

I live in Sioux Falls and yes the sky was that exact shade of green! Lost a few trees in my neighborhood but didn't see a lot of house damage. It was about two and a half hours though of non-stop high speed winds and rain.

@streole3121 Жыл бұрын

My town didn’t get hit by a derecho, however it got hit by something very similar to one which had all the same properties in expat for it wasn’t 259 miles wide and it was caused by a bunch of wind immediately dropping to the ground it is called a “downburst” once it started happening we got a tornado watch as well as a flash flood warning. A few trees fell on our porch, but barely damaged it. Btw, I live in Ohio

@d3ad.4gain 11 ай бұрын

ofc you live in Ohio

@Wichita0 10 ай бұрын

supercell?

@GamerKaiden 2 ай бұрын

@@Wichita0not necessarily

@socialchlamydia8533 Ай бұрын

What your talking about sounds like a microburst my guy.

@mrderpyfox9192 Жыл бұрын

I experienced the one on June, 29 2012 derecho in fort Wayne and a 91 mph wind gust was reported

@Bayliss21 Ай бұрын

We just had one in Houston. 121mph in a major city. The destruction is massive.

@Crosbhealach 24 күн бұрын

Experienced it once in Southern Quebec in 1999. The "Lake of the Woods" Derecho made it that far. It lasted 2hrs and there was so much lightning that you could read by it

@notthedoctor1789 Ай бұрын

I experienced one in 1998 as a kid in upstate NY. I'd never seen anything like that as extreme weather usually comes in the form of snow there. It was the middle of the night, so the sky didn't get green, but it did look like day time outside because the lightning was so intense. It caused a ton of damage and killed people. It happened on Labor Day and school was postponed for a week. It was very scary and I thought we were gonna die (but I was also awfully scared of tornadoes even though I'd never experienced one).

@partnerwithjee5114 27 күн бұрын

DID IT TRAVEL DOWN 2 THE TRADE CENTER

@TomJonesMN 22 күн бұрын

That is probably the same one I experienced in May of 1998. It formed about 100 miles west of Minneapolis and it's winds exceeded 100 mph in several places. It ripped through the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities around 9 pm, hit Detroit later that night, and finally ended in the state of New York the next day.

@notthedoctor1789 22 күн бұрын

@@partnerwithjee5114 NYC did experience a lesser version of it.

@notthedoctor1789 22 күн бұрын

@@TomJonesMN That sounds right. We experienced winds over 100 mph and it hit us during the nighttime when people are generally asleep. There was no warning.

@renegard5442 6 ай бұрын

I've experienced two first hand. First was in 2008, storm popped up out of nowhere, snapped a 100 year old oak in our yard like a twig. Weird thing was that it had a super narrow band of destruction. Just 15 minutes north or south and it's like nothing ever happened. Second was the 2020 derecho. When people around here mention "the storm," they're referring to that one. It flattened half the state, you could see the damage from space. That thing had wind speeds equivalent to a category 4 hurricane, and we only had a few hours' notice before it hit.

@5ish Жыл бұрын

I got a dercho in South Ontario on May 21 2022 Canada

@mrbeanroblox5191 Жыл бұрын

Same

@JAKETHECANADIAN 26 күн бұрын

same

@CountryItUp 9 ай бұрын

i live in brookings, just north of sioux falls. this storm was the worst one id ever experienced

@TomJonesMN 22 күн бұрын

I experienced one in May of 1998. It formed about 100 miles west of Minneapolis and it's winds exceeded 100 mph in several places. It ripped through the southern suburbs of the Twin Cities around 9 pm, hit Detroit later that night, and finally ended in the state of New York the next day.

@xploreourterra6096 11 ай бұрын

I'm from India, in 2016 in hyderabad i experienced a powerful thunderstorm that lasted throughout the night, similar to derecho But less winds i guess

@E4_MAFIA 15 күн бұрын

We had one here in Kansas a few weeks ago. We had intense tree damage. Our trees are massive and around 100 years old. Some people had destroyed roofs and we even had some crushed cars. We lost power for three days and had many downed power lines and snapped poles. Luckily, no fatalities or even injuries in our small town. People heeded the warnings and stayed inside.

@PetiteKeyboardist 2 күн бұрын

The Labor Day storm in Syracuse in 1998. It was intense. 2 people were killed at the fair grounds. It brought down a willow tree in my yard. It was lightning more than 100 times per minute and you couldn’t even see outside. After living in Oklahoma for 5 years, that one in New York was the worst storm I had ever seen.

@trustbuster23 11 күн бұрын

I remember the lightning, as I watched one of these roll in at night. It was essentially continuous, like the clouds were electrified, bubbling and boiling with constant arcing inside them. It took down so many trees we were out of power for days. Those things are no joke, if you ever see clouds boiling with lightning, it is time to take cover, and especially get away from the trees. The kind of damage these things can do is more like a hurricane or tornado than a thunderstorm.

@Mayaisawesome91 Жыл бұрын

I’m into weather and this is fascinating! I didnt know these kinds of storms existed

@kimpavfx 10 ай бұрын

you’re cute

@lucistheband6540 18 күн бұрын

Ottawa Canada 🇨🇦 experienced one--in fact, the storm travelled through most of Ontario and Quebec on May 21, 2022. Winds varied between 75-80 MPH. I was on a highway and it was WILD. While on a storm chasing tour, I went through another one on May 12, 2022!!

@jamespyle777 11 күн бұрын

While living in that purple bullseye, these are common occurrences more so than tornadoes but its like the power only goes out half the time. The other half of power outages are squirrels and drivers running into utility poles.

@bellbell9990 Жыл бұрын

Wow I hope everyone is okay

@_honestly_7015 Жыл бұрын

I was in that 2020 Derecho in Des Moines. Ive never seen so many trees and branches broken in my life

@Jozua2323 10 ай бұрын

Same. We got lucky with the power, though, not even 18 hours without

@cereal_killaz1818 18 күн бұрын

I've experienced one before.... it was the one in Sioux Falls SD. It was nice just watching it.

@F7skillz 24 күн бұрын

I’m from Houston we just lost 4 people from out latest derecho downtown Houston still missing a lot of glass from the high rise buildings, also produced 2-3 tornados in the storm, a lot of people didn’t have power as we got our first heat wave with feel like temps from 109-111.

@chezaspup 2 сағат бұрын

There was one in Madrid, Spain yesterday! Shocking to experience. Never heard of them before and I have lived in Spain for over 25 years now!

@duncanbryson1167 Жыл бұрын

Hadn't heard the term before.

@timfool 11 ай бұрын

I lived through one. They're terrible. I looked in the backyard and all my orange leaves were fluttering around the air animated like a movie. Have you seen that storm chasing movie with Helen Hunt with the spinning cow? It was like that in my backyard on a smaller scale. The wind hits high from one direction, low from the other. Hurricane winds. Garbage cans were running down the streets one way, trees blowing like mad the other. Then, as soon as it began it was dead quiet, almost as if the wind sucked up into the sky and moved on. It did move on too about a mile at a park, ripping it to pieces and killing one I believe. It was a tornado from the storm. Wheaton, Illinois had been ripped apart pretty good too from wind damage. It tore a steeple off a church.

@dredra7160 21 күн бұрын

I am in my 60s and I had a storm approach my house that made the pressure in the house change and the window panels were moving . By the time I was in the basement it was on top of the house and seemed to last forever. When I went outside 4 old maple trees had been knocked down a long with my garage. I was told there was no tornado just a strong wind. I really don't think anyone can identify the nature of the storm unless they were in it.

@briansmook8043 29 күн бұрын

I live in Sioux falls and that storm tore the roof off of an advanced auto parts store had trees down in every neighborhood it was intense

@jeremiahlevoy3435 11 ай бұрын

Had one in Springfield il the other day sky was lit green like grass

@bcnewe 16 күн бұрын

It was scary as heck seeing that cloud wall chasing me home while I was driving. I barely got in the house in time. After it was over we had lost 2 trees, parts of our roof, our new foal was separated from her mother and ended up in another building, my rabbit cages blown off the barn walls. And, when driving around the surrounding towns there was damage everywhere.

@thenerdyowl 18 күн бұрын

Just had a derecho in Houston a few weeks ago, the destruction was like that after a major hurricane, a building downtown collapsed and there are blown over trees, fences, glass, everywhere! We had a tornado warning go through the entire city, and houston’s HUGE so that was crazy. We had two confirmed tornadoes form as part of it, wind speeds at one point reached 119mph (I was watching on my radar app). Already things are back to normal in most parts of town, but some parts were out of power for up to a week :/ I hope it doesn’t become a regular occurrence here, our infrastructure needs WORK

@jacelambert5696 9 ай бұрын

I experienced the Iowa Derecho storm, and it got really bad when my parents were taking a walk. It was 2 days after my birthday, and a tree fell down. What a shame:(. Luckily my parents are good, and so is my dog. Now it was just super funny seeing my parents grabbing our slip n’ slide. Lol

@Definitemaybe0698 27 күн бұрын

I think I did once when I was 6. I was Bottineau North Dakota. The color was roughly the color as shown in the video but I also remember seeing a funnel cloud try and touch down. It was the coolest thing I ever saw in terms of meteorology.

@d0g3br34d 6 ай бұрын

I experienced one about July of this year, it was insane the sky turned green and it was like a tornado outside

@BethanySchwarz5678 24 күн бұрын

The storm in 2020 also uprooted an estimated 65-70% of trees in some parts of Iowa. Plus other structure damage

@justinciallella4724 27 күн бұрын

I was in Roanoke Virginia, probably 2011, I knew a storm was coming, but I figured I would have some warning by way of rain or wind. I was walking my dog, and it was very pleasant outside, then suddenly the winds went from 0 to 60 within 30 seconds. It dropped trees all over the city

@ambrabridges2161 27 күн бұрын

When I lived in Virginia, a freak Derecho came through my area. It damaged a few buildings and knocked out the power for a couple of days. I worked third shift and was trying to sleep. I had a fan going full blast in my window and it started making an odd noise. I got up to see what was going on and noticed the wind was so strong, the fan blades were spinning backwards. Just as I turned the fan off, the transformer across the street blew out. I thought it was a tornado so I grabbed my two cats and got in the bathtub, even though we were on the second floor so it wouldn't have done any good.

@lindsaym.8267 Жыл бұрын

I lived in central Ohio in 2020 with this. It was the first time I had ever seen green skies, and then later they turned red as the sun set. Spooky. Luckily there wasn't a ton of damage and we kept power, but there were downed trees everywhere.

@funnyday7805 Жыл бұрын

Yes Infact one that was so huge that 20 people dies it happens in Ottawa lasting an hour! Power went out for 3day- week And they are still fixing damage the winds came up to 190km an hour and formed a tornado in Montreal lasting 5 minutes It was scary But didn't hurt us RIP the 20 people who died

@JAKETHECANADIAN 26 күн бұрын

thankfully it wasnt that much ppl who died however there was unfortunately still 11 deaths

@cliffpaul1133 24 күн бұрын

I live in Iowa we’ve had 2 in the last several years. Just had the second a few weeks ago. The first knocked down lots of old trees and infrastructure like power poles. My place lost power for 4 days. This more recent one wasn’t as bad and so close to the last one that the damage was less severe. But there were still some tree limbs that came down and took some power lines with it a few blocks away.

@DJHLX3 22 күн бұрын

There was one in Ottawa / Quebec that 12 people I think passed away from it . Was hiking near Verona and got a mini taste of it the cloud where moving fast as heck and up then it just down poured and like the trees where going crazy in an instant for like a minute then it stopped

@AndrewKendall71 16 күн бұрын

Used to be more common in North Texas, 30-40 years ago. I remember that sky many times... the wall cloud, the yellow/green. Haven't seen them like that here since the '80s.

@TRKPurgatos 4 ай бұрын

I'm in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia (in freakin Europe). 6 months ago we had a scary Derecho hit us. It was the most terrifying thing ever since I never expirienced such a storm.

@KC-Mitch 26 күн бұрын

Think there was one last week in Kansas City. It was at night, so no green color, but it stretched down to OK and we had many thick branches and a few felled trees in the neighborhood. I opened the door while it was happening and swear it looked like the hurricanes I've seen living in Florida previously. It mightve been the same storm another commenter from OK is talking about (but who knows, this is one of the most intense Springtime-weather seasons that we've had in about a decade.

@Danielito9320 Жыл бұрын

We got a derecho on Sunday in Tulsa. We were without electricity. My bedroom window blew up and bunch of generators blowing up

@stacybenjamin8309 24 күн бұрын

The sky color during a derecho can vary from greenish gray to nearly gunmetal blue. I've been caught out in at least two of them. High wind with marble size hail. And blinding rain Texas weather doesn't come with too many surprises if you pay attention to the skys.

@Bookzslayz 8 күн бұрын

The definition of Beughtiful but dangerous 😂

@reginairvine3919 23 күн бұрын

Been thru several of them in Louisiana. They come out of nowhere and are quite terrifying if you're stuck outside during one. I was parked at a restaurant in my car and one came thru and it literally moved my car sideways 5 feet (I have a small car) .

@MattyDemello 25 күн бұрын

Im in Massachusetts. Trust me earth is cooling down. Not getting hotter. Last summer was cold. This season we're in june already and its still cold enough to see your breath at night.

@StormChaserNWS 18 күн бұрын

I experienced a derecho before in Tennessee last year. I was quickly able to tell it was a derecho right when I saw green and the shelf cloud. I tolled my friends and my cousin to get inside quickly. And it turned out it was and it blue my neighbor’s trampoline away and a few shingles on my roof flew off and a tree was reported down. And Ik it ain’t the strongest but they are dangerously powerful overall.

@JAKETHECANADIAN 26 күн бұрын

I’m from southern canada near in ontario, in 2022 during may on the 21st, there was a crazy derecho that happened and it was the strongest in the country’s history. unfortunately, 11 ppl died from it and it cost like $1b with winds of 191 km / hr

@JuleinneRobinson1 21 сағат бұрын

I experienced the one in 2020 in Indiana and we ended up getting a tornado about a mile south from where I live during my nephews birthday party.

@BenieTheDragon 23 күн бұрын

2008 derecho. Swept through the entire state of Indiana. Got 100MPH winds. Lost power for almost a week.

@timfool 11 ай бұрын

I lived through one a few years ago in DuPage County in Illinois. It was hurricane winds coming from both directions which caused a twisting, as if a tornado was attempting to touch down. In my backyard I saw all the leaves in my yard spinning animated, like that movie with the cow. It blew about a 30 ft. tree completely down next door. Garbage cans were running down my street in one direction, with the shrubs blowing madly in the other. And in my backyard it looked magical. As soon as it began it was over, the storm ripping a park to pieces in it's path, killing one. That park was a mile from my house. Scary, but fascinating at the same time.

@KH-mk6tz Жыл бұрын

I have experienced a derecho. I live in West Virginia so we don’t normally get crazy weather events like that. *besides flooding* but one 105 degree day turned to 75 degrees within 30 minutes. Out of no where a black cloud came flying through the sky at us. Then it’s sounded like a train and branches and trees were shooting across the landscape. Scariest moment of my life. I was outside when this happened. Luckily next to my vehicle.

@TwoBs Жыл бұрын

Same, WV here. Experienced one back in 2012 that flattened the whole mountaintop’s trees along with a whole other side, all going in one direction. Changed the landscape where I live forever. Old pines that had been there for over a hundred years now completely gone, giving us a whole barren valley. No electricity for 2 weeks and was trapped for a couple days in both directions due to how many trees had fallen and caused so much damage. Even a decade later we still see all the trees that had been uprooted littered all along the valley. Sounded like a band of 10 freight trains going by our house for several minutes, crazy intense winds that started to shake the windows. Was the one time I had experienced something like that living here my whole life, but I pay a lot closer to those wind advisories and warnings now with storms, that’s for sure.

@ZootyZoFo 25 күн бұрын

I went through my first one in Houston two weeks ago, it’s like a short-burst hurricane, I thought it was a downburst.

@rebeccacorbin1590 Ай бұрын

As a midwesterner I can confirm green skies = tornado weather

@Phantom_Newt Жыл бұрын

June 29th, 2012 and the June 13th, 2022. I live in Ohio and my town got hit really bad by the 2012 derecho. Traffic lights were knocked down, trees were toppled and some houses were seriously damaged. My own house had some minor damage from the winds. My entire town was without power for well over 2 weeks and every grocery store had to throw out all of their perishable goods. Gas was impossible to get because of no power or people lining up for hours at any station that was able to pump gas. To top it all off, we still had that horrible heatwave (air temps were in the triple digits in most places and that's not counting the humidity) to deal with and no A/C or fans unless you were lucky enough to have a working generator. The 2022 derecho was bad, but nowhere near as bad as the 2012 derecho. We didn't lose power for more than a couple of hours in that one and only a few trees were toppled. A couple of houses did get severely damaged/destroyed by falling trees, but that was about it.

@shannan1814 11 ай бұрын

Yo, 11 years later the same thing happened, we still cleaning up in Indiana, Indianapolis got hit pretty bad.

@leaf2180 Жыл бұрын

Interesting to not see clips of the 2012 derecho, 2011 derecho, 2008 derecho, or the 1998 derecho. All very significant events. The 2012 derecho has been used as an example of what they can do for years.

@christinamann3640 11 күн бұрын

It wasn’t the first time I’d heard the word ‘derecho,’ but it was the first time I’d seen videos of one. I recall watching this and thinking, “of course - because 2020 isn’t 2020 enough.”

@elpilotero9370 Жыл бұрын

That happen in orlando

@An_Appeal_To_Heaven Жыл бұрын

Green = Hail

@KoId. Жыл бұрын

Or no hail just the position of the sun

@erichegrosse6874 10 ай бұрын

Wife and I got caught in one side wind and sideways rain. Car moved slowly sideways across the road. Couldn't stop it pretty interesting.

@Dylan2003feb 18 күн бұрын

I have in IL. Out in the country. Trailer almost turned over, power lines were down (luckily not in driveway) and skirts were ripped off and flew away. Lost kittens in that storm too

@robertoperez1189 Күн бұрын

i experienced a derecho in Houston about a month ago and i lived in an apartment complex so my Neighbours lost their roof and my house was flooding with water but i live in another place now so I'm fine.

@RedRoseSeptember22 8 ай бұрын

Very informative video, thank you!!!

@0ptimal 14 күн бұрын

Yea i recently learned of them after a storm that some labeled a derecho marched through texas. We had 80mph wind and later on its path to Houston it was worse. Ive seen videos of them and mannnn they are gnarly, ours didnt last all that long but some go on and on with extreme and relentless winds. Yikes!

@landrypokemongymnastmoremi9764 17 күн бұрын

Bro. During the part of the derecho in Iowa my neighbors big pink teddy bear flew all the way down the street 😂😂😂

@Mbarnstein62891 21 күн бұрын

I remember that from June 29th, 2012.

@illydilly8140 27 күн бұрын

When I was a teen we had a derecho come through Virginia in the Appalachians, it was mind bendingly frightening. It was a fine summer day and in the course of a few minutes it was near dark outside. All of a sudden the rain came in sideways, blurring our view of the forest. All you could make out was the outline of the trees falling like dominos.

@samuel-no8yp 27 күн бұрын

I experienced one of these last year during early summer and it was really scary! A tornado is scary but you know it’s gonna hit a consolidated area, this was like one big tornado hitting EVERYTHING!

@evanmarschand9930 Ай бұрын

Experienced one in July of 1999 called "The Boundary Waters Blowdown" in the Boundary Waters Wilderness on the Minnesota/Ontario border. Our group was due to arrive to Basecamp that day, but we ended up spending most of the day stuck and huddled up in a Hardee's with stangers after the storm suddenly hit. All of us were shook up, especially when we saw a stop sign fly by out the window. After it ended we helped with clean up efforts and clearing brush for emergency vehicles because THERE WERE GROUPS OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WILDERNESS CAMPING WHEN THE STORM HIT and some were injured. We eventually got to go on our canoe trip. Gorgeous weather, but MAN those portages were clogged with fallen trees. We spent many hours hacking and sawing, or trying to figure out a way to get our canoes around them. Still had fun, and were incredibly grateful. If it had stormed only one day after it did, we would've been out there during the madness.

@wanderinggypsy3203 22 күн бұрын

I was in one. Crazy. Straight winds. We actually hid in the hall closet, like we did for tornadoes.

@sebastianszymanski8330 11 ай бұрын

Legit mine happed. June 29, 2023. Not gonna lie that scared me a bit as I was driving

@jenniferd5573 24 күн бұрын

Experienced one 2012 New Jersey. Terrifying.

@taralynguthmiller1598 6 ай бұрын

I was actually by Sioux falls South South Dakota it was really scary

@purgal5250 11 ай бұрын

I got hit by one about a week and a half ago. Where I was just felt like a really intense thunderstorm. I was worried that there may be tornado from it, but it cleared after about 30 minutes. However, some people got hit way worse and are just now getting power back. There were power lines down all over the area and some houses were destroyed from just the straight winds. On top of that, It's said there were 5 tornadoes that also hit the are during the storm.

@guzuthus9999 Ай бұрын

Had one go through maryville missouri a year ago while i was at work at 7am

@tsubaki7370 22 күн бұрын

Oh I think this is what hit us not too long ago

@-Archangel 11 ай бұрын

The one last year in southern Canada has had 12 fatalities

@JAKETHECANADIAN 26 күн бұрын

191 km hr gusts. I was terrified

@thomashall7484 19 күн бұрын

i went through two in six months lol. probably the two most intense storms ive been through. theyre nuts

@MKCHICKENGLADIATOR 5 ай бұрын

That would be terrifying a derecho makes the sky green so it’s hard to tell the difference between a derecho and a tornado

@somecuntxxx Жыл бұрын

it just happened. knocked out the power for 7 hours and caused a lot of damage. 100mph.

@Jozua2323 10 ай бұрын

I remember the August 2020 and December 2021 derechos.

@Jeff-ye6so 8 ай бұрын

I've been in a derecho earlier this year, I didn't have any warning for what was coming aside from seeing a weatherman youtuber post that he was going to livestream it. None of my weather programs warned me about it, which is concerning since I do flight training. I'm just glad I didn't go up that day. It was calm all day and then it hit all of a sudden.

@marshalltravis3217 23 күн бұрын

A fancy new name for supercell.

@edwardskerl5774 Жыл бұрын

I've seen storms like that in kansas

@robert-zj7ef 20 күн бұрын

5 hurricanes, 3 on land, 2 at sea and 1 durecho.

@angelad3347 24 күн бұрын

One let loose just in our neighborhood...I swear our back yard. Had to have roof replaced. So many snapped trees! That was Cincinnati Ohio 2020

@Yourfavoritewhiteboyy Күн бұрын

Wish my hometown would experience a derecho. We’re dry as a bone over here

@katiehettinger7857 27 күн бұрын

The increase occurrence of violent weather is what happens when more energy is added to the climate. The sooner we accept this is happening and stop contributing to the problem and start thinking about ways to mitigate what is ongoing the sooner we will save lives, protect property and jobs.