Chasing and Surviving the Iowa Derecho - Aug. 10, 2020
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- Emmy-awarded Meteorologist Nick Stewart presents this mini-documentary on the derecho which slammed Iowa with wind gusts up to 140mph. About 600,000 people were without power and millions of acres of crop are destroyed. Three people were killed.
This is the story behind the storm chase.
Thanks for watching! If you're interested in more of my storm chasing, check out "Live Life and Chase 2020," posted two days before the derecho happened when I thought to myself, "nothing else will probably happen this year." Tornadoes, epic structure and hail - it was a busy weather season!
Thanks for sharing this, my wife and I were traveling from Wisconsin to Colorado that day and at about 12:20 pm we were on HWY 30 south of and between Newhall and Atkins when the storm hit, I pulled off on 30th Ave and then turned onto 72nd St to get my suburban pointed into the wind. It was at the same time frightening and amazing to see the power of the winds around us, we too will never forget this experience.
Thank you for sharing this coverage of a weather catastrophe. Folks that weren't there just can't appreciate the severity of this disaster. Even after seeing this film, it does not convey the intensity and level of damage that not only Iowa sustained, but the country and world as far as loss of animals and crop damage goes. Not only that, but we are brought to our knees when faced with the fragility of life. God bless Iowa ✝ #IowaStrong
I went through the derecho but it was nothing compared to what cedar rapids got. It's been over a month since the storm and I'm still shocked
@@midweststormchaser3203 We are Cedar Rapidians and just 30 minutes ago were looking at the "dump" for tree debris. WOW! First Street NW-it's mind boggling the number of trees we lost! Old, old hard wood trees. Very sad! And a lot more hasn't been hauled off curbs yet!
A friend of ours got caught out on foot by the storm. It blew him off his feet! He grabbed a sign post and hung on! He had just gotten off the 8th Ave. SW bridge when it hit. There was a brief lull and he got to a house. He's lucky to be here!
@@villanelle529 we got none. The sirens started before the storm got to town (20 min) and shut off shortly after (maybe 2 min), when they shut off then the alert is cancelled.... Normally. No one knew that the power had gone out outside of town so the sirens wouldn't go off. No one had any idea of what was about to hit. My neighbor had a siding crew (she had to get new siding after the hail storm back in April) working in back, the wind started stuff was blowing but they couldn't see what was coming and I yelled at them to get inside, my neighbor was telling them to get in, trees were starting to snap as they got in.
I love how everyone was freaking out and I was on my porch watching my grain bin fly away😂😂
😂🤣🤣
I live in the south where our weather changes daily. But I have to say I don’t know if we’ve had 100MPH winds anytime lately.
I was doing the same thing and my friend who lives about a mile away was treating his basement like a bunker.
I mean....I'd definitely watch that. Not from my porch, but our of my basement window lol
@@nekograce7914 probably hurricane Harvey
I was driving right behind the storm while traveling across country. There was miles of power outages. When I stopped at a gas station, this lady told me it was a wild storm and that she never wanted to drive though that ever again. I was so thankful to have missed it!
Cool
I'm still confused on where that thing came from. It just appeared out of nowhere.
kurt Knispel yes wish someone would tell us how this took place
@@roseharris8528 There was a storm system up near Nebraska and Southern Minnesota. Almost all of the weather models had this disipating by the morning. However, the system moved south into Iowa where instability, moisture, and wind shear were plentiful. Therefore, the storms moved east at 60-70mph. If you looke up radar videos of this storm, you will know what I'm talking about.
It initially started out as a small system of storms formed in northeast Nebraska moving in a southeastern direction. As the storms approach Iowa, they began to change directions, heading more easterly. Once it traveled a bit through western Iowa, it quickly developed a powerful rear inflow jet, and began to accelerate rapidly towards the east.
That's what a derecho does. It's a fast moving line of thunderstorms with intense winds. The problem with a derecho Is their kind of unpredictable because they have down bursts which can be sudden and severe causing unexpected damage. These storms are also very very large. They form when the wet air in a thunderstorm meets the dry air surrounding it which causes more water to evaporate. When water evaporates, it cools the air around it. Since the cool air is denser, it rapidly sinks to the ground and creates strong winds which is those downbursts. It's essentially a tornado but instead of the winds rotating they move in a straight, violent line. Pretty cool when you think about how rare they are and how they work.
kurt Knispel Definitely demonsign.
Always face into debris, ALL cars windscreen and airbags face FRONT. Cars drive 100+mph front. Not in reverse. Lower drag coefficient when facing front.
Rear and side windows are only tempered but not as shatterproof as front in most cars.
Wow, makes sense but never really thought about that
This was crazy, I'm in cedar rapids and everything is still wrecked
Cedar Valley Rail Productions so sad
How is it now?
@@modelrc9500 it's much better now, but everything is still noticably torn up, there's a fence near my house that is all bent over still
it’s been a year and you can still see the damage in some places. heartbroken.
@@Al-ur-pal
It really is heartbreaking to see.
This came over into Illinois. Joliet was trashed. We had so many trees that ripped up the cement. There was no power for over a week.
yeah I live in florida where our storms are even stronger.
Yeah nature can be brutal sometimes, pretty much like a cat 1-2 hurricane in the middle of the country
I was at the merge for the two tornado paths converging over Westchester, crazy wall cloud and crazier wind
My city was under a tornado warning but the tornado just missed my city
@@tvold9204 Yes they are and you build accordingly. We don't see storms like that in the midwest. I guess a tornado but there path is so small you cross your fingers and hope they miss you.
I'll never forget that. Because I came home and it was flattened by a tree. I was glad my animals were ok. Finally found a place over a month later in another county.
I’m glad your animals were ok too.
Crazy! I was in Iowa city about to get in my car to drive to Michigan when the derecho started. I am so lucky I was behind schedule that day. Getting stuck on the freeway would have been a nightmare✨
i was in Iowa City too! over by the neighborhood across from the Mayflower Dorm Hall. I watched a tree spark on fire from a powerline. Couldn't call 911-lines were too busy.
When I was walking home after shopping, I thought it was just gonna rain, until I got a phone call about a storm coming. Lucky I chose the right time to walk home before that storm hit.
I was working at the Wal-Mart in Platteville, WI at the time of this storm. I remember everyone being oblivious of what was happening just to the west of us. When part of the storm hit here, there was strong winds as well. The power went out in the store and we had to close once the registers died. Trees and houses were damaged. I'm a storm spotter myself, and seeing those radar velocities on my phone showing such strong winds scared me a lot.
Will everyone quit asking about his mask it’s not his choice he was at work for Christ sake it is required by most jobs these days
This guy went into some very dangerous situations, but at least he followed CDC guidelines.
In the days following that storm.. we didn't give a sh*t about masks. We were dealing with a much more threatening disaster. The pandemic took a back seat for a bit. It was very surreal.
My neighborhood was im the film. I went on a walk after to see damage. The insulation from homes and the shredded leaves made the road look like guacamole.
This storm hit my neck of the woods pretty hard. There was an EF-1 tornado about a mile from my house. Stuff was blowing everywhere - garbage cans, trees, shingles, patio furniture. The tornado warning went off at 3:15 PM. I went right out into the yard and I could clearly see the tornado swirling in the clouds. I wanted to stay out and watch but stuff was starting to fly.
I didn't suffer any damage but on Touhy Ave in Lincolnwood there was a roof torn off a commercial building. Siding was ripped off the Lowes. The Bank of America ATMs were damaged; last I checked they were still closed. This is the same tornado that hit Rogers Park in Chicago. There's lots of videos of that.
I was watching another video of this storm and I KNEW I was watching a tornado.
People: wow that's sum wind
Birds: --O--》》》》》》》》
As someone whose spent my entire life in Coastal SE NC and been through at least a dozen hurricanes,, y'all have my utmost respect and sympathies. Having been through many severe prolonged wind and rain events, I feel a kinship with yall.. I don't think some people understand just how vital and necessary meteorology is to public safety and education. Nick, thank you for sharing this, and dealing with a suprisingly ignorant public (obviously not everybody, but some of these posters...).
if derecho came through omaha like this youd definitely hear tornado sirens even though no tornado but they do that due to hurricane winds
Yeah, they fired them off twice in the Cedar Rapids/Marion area. They even lowered the threshold to 45mph after the storm went through when we had a couple more storms hit.
Y’all got smacked by like a cat 3 Hurricane last minute. From someone who just rode out the heart of sally I must say, I’m grateful , and the damages resemble ours. The difference was preparation and the fact were used to it. Idk how u can prepare for that 🙏🏼 I’m sorry and I leave my best wishes.
I would have chased Sally but I had company from Georgia. Sucks. Sally looked pretty cool.
Mark Palavos Vrahotes with it only moving 2 mph that eye of the wall really tore some stuff up. Major flooding on coast. It made for a looong night too. Woke up to tons of up rooted trees. She also had an eerie howl that lasted til morning. It’s been a while lol it was fun
@@Jack_Assin I know. I wished she would have moved a little faster and made up her mind Sally that is. Yup time flies. Have a good one my friend.
I was watching this until the power went out. Kudos Nick, Rebecca and Sarah!!!
This was the equivalent of a category 4 hurricane, which is already considered intensely dangerous.
you mean a Category 2 hurricane?
@@Blurical I guess it depends on the sustained winds... I was going off the 140 mph winds, but if they were sustained at 100 mph then it would definitely be closer to a category 2. As someone who has lived through both, they can both be terrible, especially if nobody is expecting or has had time to prepare for that amount of damage.
Great video. Its amazing more people did not loose their lives during this.
I did
We lost our wall and roof
@@user-wif3yval Your roof and wall can be replaced, your life can't, Be grateful you were not hurt or killed.
It is not good for the city govt. because they didn't send out a mobile EAS to all devices
So did i
This storm was one of the most scariest days of my life I live in Ottawa Illinois and it was really bad our gusts 💨 of winds were up to 100 mph
I went through 140mph gusts. 100 seems tame now, and I know it isn’t. But watching a solid brick house move sideways has really desensitized me to high winds.
Tony Farrington Cool?
I've been through 160+ winds so yeah? Cat 4 hurricanes, gotta love em.
@@tvold9204 Good for you? I’ve never experienced a hurricane
in Omaha they sound the tornado sirens whenever winds are above 70 mph and in this case derecho was just developing and 60 mph winds and it was trash day meaning recyclables and trash was blowing everywhere no rain just wind and i remember it being sunny like normal then severe thunderstorm warning like huh then boom the winds came through and like 50,000 people without power at least omaha didnt get the worst of it only the beginning
Michel sharp: we should have a system like this in the UK we don’t have any kind of public warning apart from an app, but it won’t notify you, you just have to check it if it’s looking a bit dark outside, but I remember walking home from school in 70+ mph winds, almost got knocked out by a flying tree, they were just like, get on with it then. I definitely feel like we should adopt some of the United State’s severe weather warning systems
thank you for sharing your survivor story. having had to travel on 30 many times of the derecho aftermath then navigating through the streets of CR on a daily basis back to Home Hotel Wherever.WRN.The radios went off,plenty of lead time to safety given so A+.We were safe,heard the sirens then nothing THEN it hit in waves we thought we were going to die the wind was so fierce i thought it would blow the door open and blast us with debris,hold your breath and dont move then the next one.Afterwards, you did not want to look outside the window. Poor Trees. So much debris.
Fascinating report of your experience but so heartbreaking to see the damage done.
I heard it was the costliest storm in American history.
Plant more trees folks! Time heals all wounds! My roof still caved in and winter is here. I'm still living it in Oct! I'm sure many others are too!
Poopoo? Fed?
Trees are usually our friends until they are knocked down by very strong winds like these and they take down power lines or they crush vehicles or structures with people inside.
@@hebneh chop em all down!
What are trees going to do lol
@@the_very_unstable_gamertha2555I guess like a wind break? Forests don’t get blown down all that easily. Maybe that’ll be some protection? I don’t know. The Midwest was never forested. Plant more grass sounds more acceptable than plant more trees.
This is why i requested the city to remove the tree in front of my house. i want no trees or bushes around my house.
No trees here, empty field to the west but the wind still took part of my roof.
NWS did such a good job getting the PDS watch and warnings out well in advance. I knew about an hour or so before it hit. What I COULDN'T have accounted for was just how LONG it lasted. I still struggle when driving around in CR. I love this community though and seeing people help each other make it through is such a ray of hope in the shitshow that has been 2020./
Where were the highest recorded wind speeds? I was hearing Marion, which is where I live, but I find it hard to believe. Not because of our lack of destruction, lol, we were destroyed. But geographically we just get storms that have been bogged down by going through CR and Hiawatha.
SW Cedar Rapids estimated 140mph. Just north of Marion estimated 130 mph per NWS
@@rebeccakopelman4236 I made a special trip across town to get pictures of Wiley Plaza that I had seen earlier that day.
In SE MI we had one go through in 1979 or 1980. The sky was so green it looked like you were looking through a bottle of Mountain Dew. When it hit it took out every tree on our street. Our chimney was knocked down. My poor dog was outside when it hit. It was early in the morning and I heard no warnings. After the storm I found my poor little dog 2 blocks away. She trembled for 2 days. Our bowling alley was completely destroyed like a tornado.
I remember almost the whole story of going through this:
I woke up to tornado sirens. I quickly changed clothes and went upstairs to talk to my mom (she works from home). She got off of her computer and went to turn on the news. I don't remember what happens next but my memory cuts to the moment when we tried to turn on my basement TV to the news channel. We couldn't figure out why it wouldn't turn on and we had to call my dad. We eventually got it working but the satellite connection was bad and we could't get it working. The next thing I remember was my mom and I in the basement bathroom (the most inner room on the lowest level in my house). My bedroom is connected to it and we had the door open looking into my room. I was super scared but out of nowhere my mom said, "since we have nothing else to do, we might as well clean your room." The only thing I remember from organizing my room was moving a decently big table from under the window in my room. I was too scared to do it with my mom because it was so close to the window so she did it herself. My memory cuts to me walking out of the second door from my bathroom and walking around my basement hallway. The reason I was out there is because my mom and I heard a strange noise coming from upstairs. I went up the stairs and took a peak but saw nothing. Until I turned around and looked at the door leading into my garage. It was open! I yelled to my mom, "The door is open!" I heard her answer from downstairs, "Oh, sh*t!" The next thing I can remember is walking outside with my mom to look around. It was pretty cold and the wind was much weaker but we looked to out right and there was trim from under our neighbor's roof hanging off and some small trees were down but that was about it. I then went through my house to look out the back door window and the big tree across from my house, about 50 feet away, had fallen over (I can't remember if I saw the tree first or I went outside first). I then remember eating lunch while the wind was blowing much softer and I sat down across the table from my back door. This whole time my dad was at work and I had no idea what was going on with any if my family. Later that day I took a nap in bed with my mom (I was 11 at the time okay don't be weird) and before I fell asleep, I tried texting my family but there was no service and didn't know so I was super nervous. Everyone got back to me in the end and we watched some news to see things like damage and wind speeds.
Edit 1: I remember that my house was the only one is 3-5 blocks that had power. I'm pretty sure it was because our house was built by a separate company from most of the other neighborhoods around me and I guess we had some sort of special power connection that prevented it. (my parents told a company to build our house the way we wanted. Also, I wasn't even born when they built the house I'm just going off of my parents' word)
That is all I can remember. I will add to this comment if there is anything else I can recall.
Anyone remember the Derecho that went through the Washington, DC area back in June 2012? It was just like this. I was in my truck and managed to pull into an abandoned parking garage. No power for a week and shit was wrecked everywhere.
Man made Strom
I do not remember that. That’s pretty long ago and I’m not from the area. I think I watched old radar images of it. Definitely a nasty one. Derechos aren’t something you should mess with. But I’ve still done it.
Dude is driving through a dangerous storm and he’s worried about wearing a face diaper 😂
We know who he voted for.
I was driving back from St. Louis to Northwest Iowa this day. I had no clue this storm was happening, my dad was talking to me about a big storm but I thought it was nothing, I was driving up north and almost to Iowa City on I-380 when I saw the huge wall, which originally just looked like rain but when I got closer and into Iowa City it was this huge wall of turquoise coloring which was super creepy. Once out of Iowa a city it hit and everyone on the interstate including me was thrown around before stopping and pulling off. There was a guy on a motorcycle in front of me and I’m not sure what happened to him, hope it all turned out well. But yeah, I had no clue it was a derecho so I thought we were all getting caught in a rain wrapped tornado, I managed to push on north to Cedar Rapids, when the storm neared it’s worst of around 100 mph winds, super scary. Lots of trucks and cars knocked over, so many semis, trees, signs, buildings were all badly damaged. And when I got into Cedar Rapids there was some super deep standing water covering the interstate which I dumbly went through. All in all survived but it was something I’ll never forget.
140 mph wind is no joke. Because dynamic pressure increases with the square of velocity, that means that 140 mph wind actually has double the force of 100 mph wind.
Ohio gets this type of storm, in certain parts, every 1-2 years.
2:45....😷? Inside your personal vehicle?🐑
10:40-10:55 "We got cars- this car is just in- in oncoming traffic! I don't know what this guy is doing?.... People you need to get off the road because I don't know what that was but that was big problems"
i live near Des Moines and we got slammed at like 10:30 am; we proceeded to lose power until August 14.
I was in Marshalltown at the time. going to break. No sirens but, the power went out. Thinking some fool had downed a power line with their car. I walked to mine. As rain was beginning to fall, I rush in to get out of the rain, the front facing west. Towards the storm I looked and stared, a building being ripped apart before me. Drywall, 2x4, metal sheets and more, being dragged my way. I stared. Foolish, yes. However it was funny to laugh at myself. Should I move? A trailer was tipped over, so maybe I shouldn’t. I just sat in my seat and smiled.
If it comes, so be it. Just lay down and out wait it.
I’m fine, nothing happened to me. But I never smiled like that on any other day, cause my windshield was the only thing between me and the storm.
What's with the mask.
We lost power for 3 days. Chicago metro.
Take a shot every time someone says intense
What is surprising is that this is equivalent to a category 1.
Kinda mind blowing.
Cat 3.
i remember when derecho hit in eastern illinois. the damage by my house wasn’t nearly as bad as this, this is insane. it looks like a literal big f2 just ripped through
This storm had winds up to 145 MPH! The speed of a catagory four hurricane or an EF2 tornado.
Where is it confirmed of winds that high? Link?
Just youtube it lol its in most of the videos of the aftermath where 145 was confirmed in some places
I live in Cedar Rapids and got caught driving in this. Thank goodness my car wasn’t hit with any debris. It was horrifying and I was really scared, but I did get to safety. Thank you for sharing this! My friends out of state still don’t understand lol.
Very brave reportage, Nick! You have a lot of courage! That storm came out of nowhere. This is a really nice and exciting video. Kudos to you! Edit: Best you and your buddy drive keep a couple of pairs of polycarbonate protective glasses. In the even of a damaged windshield, they will protect your eyes!
I was wondering why he was wearing a mask while sitting in the car?
i honestly feel terrible for the farmers, first they were hit hard by Trump's trade wars, second covid came along, and now this
When I watch this, I wonder too about all the birds and animals--both wild animals and livestock ;(
Didn't realize how wide spread and devastating this storm was.
"Oh shoot " 😄 what are you 12 yrs old? Is ur mom gonna yell at you for swearing?
Rule #1 of TV: When a mic is on you always assume it's hot. I've learned to control my language no matter the situation ha
I was watching thinking man you shoulda seen what happened in my neighborhood... and then I get to the part where you show the aftermath and you drive right down my street (F Ave). Our neighbor on the corner you passed that had his whole roof torn off had to gut that house and it is still condemned. The neighbor across from us had a sycamore limb put a 10x10 hole in her roof. That house is also still unlivable. And there's one just a few blocks over that had the roof lifted completely off and deposited in the side yard. That one is being bulldozed. We got lucky because we have only 1 small tree in our yard and we just got a new roof put on otherwise our old roof was pretty bad and would have been ripped right off. We lost our trampoline, our vinyl fence went bye bye and we had some other relatively minor damage to siding/roof. We lost power for 11 days on that block you drove down. 100 degree summer weather and no fan until about Day 7 when we finally got a generator. I had an 1/8th of a tank of gas and decided to just drive the next day until I either found gas/ice or ran out of gas. Ended up finding a gas station open in Tiffin. It was quite the experience we had a 4 month old baby and two little kids. Our situation could have been way worse though. I know people who are still unable to get their insurance company (State Farm) to cover the damage.
This was a classic multicell bow-echo thunderstorm, which just didn't start to rotate and didn't generate a tornado except this there was huge downdraft of 75m/s(meters per second).Personally, I've survived similar extreme weather once in my lifetime and I bearly survived. You made one of the greatest extreme weather video I've ever seen. XDD;-)
why in the hell doesn't anyone know about the drecheco in Kansas from just west of hayes all the way to goodand north to south on both sides of i 70
i thought i was being chased by tornadoes for over 3 hours !! i never heard of derecho before i stumbled upon a video
thanks storm chasers 🖕 lol forever traumatized and no one believes my story smh
It’s a very strong thunder storm. Weather channel loves to give names like VORTEX. It’s a bad storm
This is interesting but please I am scared of every single storm 😒❤
I was in Van Horne trying to get to 30 to go to work but got stuck in my drive way because the power went out almost immediately. My son was in the house alone but, I didn't want him knowing I was outside. I was afraid he would come up from the basement and try to let me in, even though there was no way he could safely open a door for me. I sat through the 45 min in my driveway, terriffied. The tree next to our driveway somehow fell down around me but not on me. When my ears started popping I was sure that it was a tornado, and the way my tiny little car was rocking and shaking I was really thinking my car could be crushed and I could die.
I live in Marshalltown and yes, we suffered/survived the F-3 tornado of 7-19-18 AND the derecho of 8-10-20. But whose kidding who, our town did not need more evidence of the power of Mother Nature. Bloody Hell, enuf is enuf. To give perspective, we are still, at my home, without internet. Yup, it's true. Thank Goddess for mobile hotspots. But, yeah, recovery is ongoing.
I drive towards stuff like this intentionally
I have done so too. Sometimes they chase me.
Okay i was with my friends before the storm happened (We missed it literally by 34 seconds) We were going to head to my neighbors to hang out and than my uncle called me in and my neighbor went home. I just want to thank my uncle because he probably saved our lives because after the storm you couldn't even see the concrete on our road. We would've been dead in merely minutes
20:20 Good thing they used Chrome with all those open tabs.
Meteorologists are looking at a lot of data. I usually have no less than 10 tabs open when working ha
I usually have about 20 tabs open. ...of TH-cam videos that I never get to 😂
Lol me waking up at 10am to the tornado sirens and me looking at the radar and thinking I had 15 minutes to shower haha nope 3 minutes into my shower I lost power and I hid in my closet.
Hi
Just like this in Illinois...
Thanks for sharing! Well told story. Sorry to hear of the damage you suffered.
0:04 Wearing a mask in your own car???? Buh bye.
This was at the peak of the Covid pandemic. Everyone was freaking out about it. Not a big deal.
@@13_cmi Not everyone was freaking out. Just the sheep.
@@13_cmi
Still woodnt b afraid of contracting Covid-19 Alone in my car.
Or Outside Alone in my backyard..😂
@@bruceb2804 What's really sad is that an hour or two of basic research would tell anyone with a functioning brain that masks are totally ineffective to stop transmission of a virus. Anyone wearing them showed only that they were sheep being herded by politicians and the media into compliance. Anyone who participates in groupthink loses my respect immediately. Wearing it while alone in your own car takes this to an absurd level that's hard to fathom for rational people.
What a terrible chase car, so high, not too heavy. You were lucky, this did not end even worse
We might get gusts to 80 when they venturi through the coastal canyons during the santannas, or worse during wild fires, but to have that on the prairies is just mind blowing.
my family and i happened to be in missouri the week that this happened, just lucky enough to miss it
I lost my power for two weeks from this storm. It was crazy to see the trees and power lines down.
Guys remember that your windshield is always going to be 10x stronger than any other window in ur vehicle. (Even stronger if you account for the slant on it)
Man. This was like a Mini hurricane I cant imagine how the people up there felt never being in a hurricane and then experiencing this must've been like me seeing snow 😂 even though I get hit by hurricanes every year this was no joke
Thank you so much for sharing this and your own personal experience. Glad you had no permanent damage to your hands.
On that day I was in muscatine iowa because I. Had a dentist appointment there then i went to Walmart and bought a fridge after I looked on the radar and I’m like I gotta get out of here I’m under a pds watch so I drive 80 trying to get home
We didn't know what was happening it just kept coming
Mask in the car?
Actually, stopping was probably not that safe either. You got too many trucks and cars NOT stopping. You're a sitting duck.
i survived Hurricane Maria, 156mph winds, gust of 175. i lost a door from the back part of the house. i used a mattress to cover the door and hold on praying to God not to get sucked out. the scariest experience in my life. this video gave me ptsd 😩
I flew over IA the day after this, and the captain told us to put our seatbelts on. I didn't know about the derecho till I got home, and realized that's prolly why we had to use our seatbelts. I'm sure the pilot was expecting turbulence, maybe leftover from the day before?
I'm in northwest Illinois. crazy storm
That intro music made me feel like I’m watching one of those “Vorticity” videos of mesoscale time lapses. Appreciate the quality of uploads with plenty of information in them, I feel like I’m always learning something.
Would’ve been gnarly as all hell to see you on the air with blood, but I doubt that would’ve flown!
It’s a major shame how this got next to no national coverage. The wind videos are one thing, but seeing footage of people driving around after is an entirely different beast.
I can not believe people were driving into this thing
While watching this video again, I still can't help but think what those other cars and semi trucks went through. They surely must have known that was coming. I hope everyone was ok.
I was in Perry Iowa. We had no warning whatsoever. It was sunny and the whole neighborhood was playing outside. Next thing I knew, everyone was running trying to get home.
This reminds me exactly of the aftermath of hurricane Wilma when it hit the Boca Raton area and Miami Dade..
I new there was a hundred (and one) reasons I never considered Iowa as a potential address. The USA Midwest and South has some of the most miserable weather on Earth. No thank you.
That’s scary especially the wind blowing the window out is crazy
I was stunned to see a man riding his motorcycle through this storm. I was in adel on the farm I work at and let him pull inside one of our cattle barns. that man very easily could have died.i later learnd from talking to him that he was a cement worker for tge new adel school being built.
why mask on?
@@Dobviews if mask really work then what's the need for social distancing and if social distancing works then what's the need for the mask I'll wait and by the way no disrespect at all
@@Dobviews and where Is the irrefutable facts that mask 😷 really works? 🤔
@@stylesdavid5433 you have to be pretty ignorant not to see the numbers of infected before the mask mandate vs after the mask mandate.
Nikki Travis There are a lot of doctors from Harvard, Stanford and MIT who would say you’re stupid. Do you know more than them?
madmax2069 Where is the proof of such a correlation? There is none. Infection means nothing for the vast majority of people. That’s a fact.
I have lived in the midwest for a long time and have never seen such strong winds.
Just have to ask, were you trying not to spread germs thru the camera with the mask on? lol
Thumbs down for wearing that mask in the car.
Wow him and his team risked there lives to educate and inform people . I am praying for everyone who is being badly effected by this , and also for everyone being badly effected by all the things going on in this year . We will make it through this year or how long all these things keep going on I promise . look for the goods in life you will find them . God Is hear and he will love you forever . Remember this you are loved no matter what it feels like you are . Have an overall great life .
yeah i live in Madrid. it was kinda nuts. i thought i was gonna die lol
I feel for those affected by the derecho.
Reporting annoying.
Jason had one job....make the right and still failed lol
I live in southern Illinois and was doing storm damage work all night long..
9:55 - For anyone uninterested in the self-wanking fluff.
I was outside when it started. i live in cedar rapids
This storm was bad for some but not bad for most.
We had a derecho. It was crazy. Very destructive.