I have a wealth of knowledge about weather and am a huge enthusiast. You guys went through the storm of a lifetime. The one of the two or three most intense derechos ever documented in modern history
no question about it...in 2014 or so we had a derecho come thru our area just east of marshalltown and it did some damage to our place and a small town named garwin, but this thing was a monster and on a whole different level. the most intense storm I've ever seen..
Yeah yous two I need beside me to explain all this madness lol I love all this weather business and America seems to get hit good by all sorts in Ireland we get jack shit lol the odd tail of one of yours lol but not this kinda stuff
We experienced one in Southern Illinois in 2009 and it appeared out of nowhere with zero warning. Ours wasn't gradual as this one appeared to be. Plus, it was over in just a few minutes. Tree totaled my car after I removed comprehensive coverage. Most of the trees were not snapped but pulled out of the ground with roots and all. I guess they called it a super derecho. People at the restaurant we were about to eat at were standing right up in the window until my sister told management to move them away. Drove home to in a car that was crushed and pancaked with my sister and nephew who were visiting for the first time. It took 3 hours to drive just a few miles after trying every conceivable route. Drove that car, my only car, for months and anyone who saw it was dumbfounded.
@@bg147 yes that was the super derecho (inland hurricane) Intense winds too. It was an odd derecho in how it behaved once it crossed the border into Illinois. It’s comma detached from the main line and spiraled into an “eye” and had high sustained winds for 20-30 minutes before dissipating.
Wow. I've only seen this storm intensity 2X in my life living in Phoenix, but each time it only lasted no more than 3-4 min at the most. It's amazing how this one keeps going and going. I'm a storm enthusiast so I love watching these videos. Yours is one of the best.
It was literally 30 straight minutes of this. I got back to work from lunch at 12:35. The storm hit our warehouse from 12:40-1:10 with this type of force. I just got my internet service back so I can finally see other people's perspective of this storm.
@@thezdbailey almost an hour for us on the sw side of cr. There's a time lapsed video of a bridge, the clock on the camera lapsed an hour and five minutes. It was crazy!
I wished I’d filmed it but I was at work.. I stayed working and watched through a open door to outside. It got almost pitch black outside quickly but before that was the ominous green color u see!
Sending off to California so my brother (Iowa grown) can see this. Brave of you to catch on film. We were in the basement!!! Lost machine shed and garage! Glad we’re all....all.....well... here!!! 🥰. Great bit of footage!!!
Great footage. Some of the best I've seen so far. It's nice to see one where the ppl are talking calmly and rationally instead of freaking out. In your first vid you say "that's 100" several times. Then it got worse and stayed that way for the entire second vid. Thanks for the view of an incredible event. Be well.
I live in Syracuse and we had one of these on Labor Day in 1998. It just went on and on like this one. We had a lot more lightning though. It never quit lightning for longer than a second.
Yeah... You know is bad when you can't see the house across the street. Incredible ! It lasted sooo long that it seems kind of surreal. Hope everyone is safe.
I live in Florida and that's what I thought I was watching and the person who uploaded the video mistakenly put the wrong title. I have NEVER heard of a dericho storm so I was for sure this was a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane. I just didn't understand why were they in a garage with it's door open. That could never be done in Florida with a hurricane.
I live in Florida and that's what I thought I was watching and the person who uploaded the video mistakenly put the wrong title. I have NEVER heard of a dericho storm so I was for sure this was a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane. I just didn't understand why were they in a garage with it's door open. That could never be done in Florida with a hurricane.
@@queenroyaltyrules55 lol, because, iowa. We're used to tornados out here. We stand on the front steps and watch them. I've watched roofs lifted into the sky and never been scared before this. This was crazy. We had vertically no warning (maybe three minutes at my house, if you count from when the sirens started). And it came pretty much straight from the west. You can look at trees around town and see which way is west. Idk if they'll ever lose the bend they now have. Our house faces east, so we were able to watch out the front without getting wet or having the view further obstructed.
i studied meteorology and am a weather enthuiast as well. I think this was a once in a hundred years event. Your Region was hit the hardest definately. Thanks for the Videos! By the way. You americans need to get your powerlines under the ground. This is some serious third world problem. Greetings from Germany, stay safe!
Granted they are more protected, but they're also harder and most costly to service when necessary. Also it's not an American thing. It's a American city and town decision because each city and town maintains and oftentimes supplies their own power. Plus it may be different from one part of the city or town to the next due to a slow transition from one type to another, which may take years. All the lines in my neighborhood are underground.
I don't even have any words to describe what I'm seeing in this video. I couldn't believe Part #1 as it's intensity and length was unlike anything Id ever seen before. Part #2 is more of the same to the next level. Thank You for posting this, I Pray that your Family and Friends as well as yourselves are all OK.
Lester and his family (both humans and fur babies) are heroes and never will be any zeroes with them. Love them and all they do. Love seeing LE mud sliding and yea the pond is full. God is good. 60 years ago I loved the mud sliding. Have a blessed day. Love all of you. LJ from Mississippi
Wow! My goodness...truly scary...best footage of this derecho storm.
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I’m from the hurricane prone gulf coast. Cedar Rapids was hardest hit. The sustained wind speed was like a Cat 1 hurricane but you guys got wind gusts of 130 mph. Down here, a Cat 1 will usually only have wind gusts of 110, maybe 120. Sustained winds are the constant winds with occasional gusts with speeds much higher. The difference between a dericho and a hurricane is the duration and the warning time. Dericho duration = 40 minutes, warning time = NONE. Hurricane duration = 4-8 hours, warning time = days. Aside from the damage, you’ve got to admit it was kind of fun and exciting! Can you see why we have hurricane parties? My motto. Cat 1 = a whole lot of fun. ( sustained winds of 74-95) Cat 2 = I can do. (96-110) Cat 3 = I will flee. (111-129).
How is it possible that the storm lasted so long!! I mean the footage was incredible but also very dangerous with flying debris. Thanks for braving the elements and getting us the footage. Be safe
it really doesnt look like a cat 4 maybe borderline 1 or 2, if it was a 4 it would look a lot worse ive dealt with worse myself and that statement isnt even true.
@@giocomosmith6976 no time. We heard the sirens at 12:28pm. We didn't even have time to get the garbie from the curb. My husband stepped our the back door and watched the rain sucked upward. We focused on closing windows most of the way and I started putting towels over everything. Then, 40 + minutes of scary uncertainty. "Will I have a roof when this is over?" "Will my friends?"
I work at St. Luke's Hospital and everyone who was in the cafeteria had into the kitchen because of a window in the cafe and the power went out, all you could hear was wind and rain hitting the building, then water started coming through the ceiling and vents, then, when going out into the hallway, there was water flowing down the stairwells. Being moved to a more interior area during the entire storm, I only saw about 5 mins of it through the window, so I'm glad of videos like this so I could actually visually see what I could hear going on outside.
There was a derecho in Northern Ontario and it broke the 14 and 16 inch spruce off one third up and the trees looked like arrows going well over 100 mph in the movie the Spartans. It started in northern Ontario and stopped 350 miles away in Quebec
I live in Toledo ia. We had a 60 foot ash tree hit our house. It pretty well destroyed our porch and all of the siding plus took out a portion of our roof.
My state of North Carolina had derecho winds of 165 mph on April 15 1999 . The tornadoes of March 28 1984 had winds estimated up to 260 mph near Red Springs and Greenville NC . The strongest winds I've been in was about 110 mph in Wilmington NC during hurricane Florence in 2018.. Hurricane Hazel of 1954 had winds of 150 mph in our state . I've been through more than 20 hurricanes here ànd several downbursts and floods . Nature is truly awesome and never ceases to amaze people . I have been writing historic weather events for over 35 years now . The Iowa derecho was definitely a once in a hundred year event . It was similar in intensity and duration to the labor day derecho that devastated upstate New York back in 1998 . That one also exceeded 100mph gusts .
When we first moved to MD we were under threat of one of these. I grew up in SE Texas and had seen some wild weather but had never heard of a derecho. Seeing this one makes me so happy the threat never materialized.
i think your videos are some of the best footage of this storm, I've watched them all over and over you really caught the intensity of it, and I'm sorry i have to agree with a few others your powerlines should be underground, the amount of intense weather you have across the states, it makes sense to put them underground, would be so much cheaper than all the repairs that are done after tornados hit, and a derecho even though this doesn't hit with this sort of force every time at least you would have power through the storm, or if you did lose power it would be back on quickly
This is quite terrifying. Imagine a hurricane like Laura and going through that at night ... for 7-8 hours! Prayers are with you guys in your recovery. Bernie from New Orleans.
I'm on SE side of Cedar Rapids and I couldn't see out my windows. Trees completely uprooted in my area. We just lost a Juniper and got a lot of neighbors branches. I barely had time to close storm windows.
Us too! SW side. No time, barely "closed" (raised in iowa so I know to Never shut windows all the way. That's how you pop a window) the windows before it hit. Spent the next 10 minutes trying to protect my stuff from water blowing in at an upward angle....then sat on my knees and watched.....and prayed.
Amazing video! I’m glad y’all are safe. I love watching weather like this. I just wish that it wasn’t real. I’m a sucker for a good thunderstorm, I’d be terrified to go through that though. Much love from Richmond va!
I live in SE Ohio and we had a derecho in 2012 that started in Iowa and worked its way 1400 miles to the Atlantic ocean, it intensified as it moved east, by the time it got to Ohio it was a Cat 1 hurricane with 80 to 100mph winds in some places. Its breathtaking to watch
No time. By the time the sirens went off (not that many iowans pay attention to them), the storm was already here. We lost power within seconds of the sirens ending. My husband stepped out to get the yardie from the curb, as the sirens were sounding, and watched the rain get sucked up into the sky. It wasn't safe for humans out there, how do you suggest he get the car in without being blown to jones county?
@@cjpietropinto9293 Easy. ... Go to the car on the windward (driver's) side, protected from the wind, open the door, get in, start the engine, and drive 'er in. ... We do this all the time in Texas during tornado season.
@@cjpietropinto9293 Nah we had 30 minutes to check and see what was going on and prepare. The problem is we didn’t realize that it would be this strong.
@@jakobwaack4148 that's why you look at the alerts lmao. I don't even live in Iowa and saw that the storm had winds at 90-100+mph before it even hit Cedar Rapids.
This storm definitely set the bar. From now on, people could be like, "Omg, we had like 80mph wind gusts!" And people from Iowa are gonna be like, " That's it?"
Lol. Does that mean from now on when someone gets a tornado I can say "only one?". Cause my city had 3 touch down in 5 minutes last year. Ahhh, the Midwest. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota if you're curious)
@@twitchythewitch7181 yes! I grew up in marion ia, I've seen tornados. But generally only one every couple years. And minimal damages. So yes! Absolutely!
Lol, I've already come across this I said "that must have been terribly scary for you! I know it was when we experienced 140 mph winds." The convo quickly turned to how grateful they were.
The Vibe survived like the champ it is. I have one the same color, just no "moon and tunes" package. Did you get water in around the seems of the windshield where it meets the roof?
Do the building codes there require tie downs on the roof? I was impressed that the roofs weren't getting blown off. I had to watch the videos twice because I couldn't believe how intense it was. I don't know how you stayed so calm during it all because I would have been scared to death.
Its concrete holding the pole secured very deep like 5 foot hole with concrete and rebar for extra strength in the winds like this I install inground hoops so I know how they are installed
This right here is why people in Iowa talk about the weather so much . I drove truck for a Waterloo company back in 08 and that year we went from a blizzard every week to flooding .
yes unfortunately 2 weeks after...the day after the storm was very much a different view and very much worse than now.... but we were all just trying to figure out what to do without power for days / weeks...th-cam.com/video/brMbPrjf92M/w-d-xo.html
It hit us hard in Illinois spawned 3 tornadoes around my house and tore everything up.we were with out power for 8 days a couple months later got hit by another nasty storm in November and lost power again.went from 75 that day to 35 that night.
@@jasolhe I'll bet. I had never heard that word before until a few months earlier than your storm, when a derecho came through Nashville a month or so after the March 2020 tornado. Having just moved here from California, the storms were something that amazed me; in California there are no thunderstorms, tornados, etc. I hope you're house was okay.
I live in Cedar Rapids lol I was out IN this coming home from the grocery store in my Dodge pickemup. I had to back up and find another street home... at least eight times lol Big trees down totally blocking the passage. I still have down trees in my yard 4/2021. They snapped off at ten feet from the ground. weird. I still have one left yet to cut down, a mulberry about ten inches diameter by the garage. I got home and the 220 foot yard was full from fence to fence from the back of the property to the front of the house and, of course, the power was totally a dud for all of ten days. I used the battery powered hand drill till it went down to drill the branches and snap them off by hand lol that's how I got my driveway cleared to the back of the entrance to the house. horizontal wind it went on like a light switch and off the same way. I am convinced this was no natural wind at all. Iowa does not have derechos. This is truly rare. I eventually got a electric chain saw for when the power did come back on. My truck rocks. It pushed windows into the house that were an instant mess right beside windows that were totally fine when it was over. more weird.
This is just like what I went through in a hurricane in WPB Florida. Hated it with every ounce of my being. They will go on like this for hours then you go through the eye where its calm and the maybe 20 min. Or so it will start back this intense but the wind is going in the opposite way that when a lot more damage is done. 😮🤯😱WOW MAN I HOPE EVERYONE WAS SZFE.
Whatever trees stood after this, they’ll for sure be around a long time. Curious how many trees your State lost in that short amount of time? That’s why I live in the Desert SW, the weather is very boring. No tornadoes, hurricanes, and forecast always says “Sunny.” Lol
Some standing trees won't make it past spring. I have almost no hope for the tree in front of my house. It's lost more than half it's foliage and had several dead branches before this hit. And the one across the street is so damaged! Two of the three big branches are busted and the bark is stripped. Then there's the bugs. The bugs that used to reside in many trees are attacking the few we have left. 100% tree damage. I've heard, we lost, or will lose, about 60%. I lost three of five and one of the remaining two is uncertain to survive.
Correct me if I'm wrong, I think this storm lasted between 40 minutes to an hour. I live about 2 hours north of Cedar Rapids in Waterloo iowa. We got the top part od this storm but Cedar Rapids got the main punch of it I believe.
Just so you know for next time close your garage door. Most homes come off their foundation because the garage door isn’t reinforced by today’s standards and gets blows in. When it blows in the wind creates uplift and it starts to destroy the home. You got lucky because the wind was coming from up the street and your neighbors homes were shielding you. Same applies for outside doors and windows. Keep them closed no matter what.
Josh Solheim Dude. You’re had no idea. If you did you’d be terrified, your heart rate would be through the roof and you’d be so panicked you wouldn’t be able to close that door fast enough. Your clueless is the only reason you didn’t close that door.
that storm was nuts, literally hurricane force winds that just kept going...and going. Its almost worse than a tornado in some ways because its such a wide area and lasts so long.
Oh wow ive just came across your video.i know that was wild to see but wasnt you scared.id never seen anything like that on land unless we had tornados i live in tenn
I was holding the main door shut of the oldest Jewish Temple in Iowa as the wind would suck it open. Rain would hit me in buckets. I too wondered when it would end. My small senior lady frame would fly out with the door. Now l head back up on the flat roof of Old Temple Judah-now Christ Risen Interactive Church ⛪️ to shovel record snow. Good job.
I have a wealth of knowledge about weather and am a huge enthusiast. You guys went through the storm of a lifetime. The one of the two or three most intense derechos ever documented in modern history
no question about it...in 2014 or so we had a derecho come thru our area just east of marshalltown and it did some damage to our place and a small town named garwin, but this thing was a monster and on a whole different level. the most intense storm I've ever seen..
Yeah yous two I need beside me to explain all this madness lol I love all this weather business and America seems to get hit good by all sorts in Ireland we get jack shit lol the odd tail of one of yours lol but not this kinda stuff
We experienced one in Southern Illinois in 2009 and it appeared out of nowhere with zero warning. Ours wasn't gradual as this one appeared to be. Plus, it was over in just a few minutes. Tree totaled my car after I removed comprehensive coverage. Most of the trees were not snapped but pulled out of the ground with roots and all. I guess they called it a super derecho. People at the restaurant we were about to eat at were standing right up in the window until my sister told management to move them away. Drove home to in a car that was crushed and pancaked with my sister and nephew who were visiting for the first time. It took 3 hours to drive just a few miles after trying every conceivable route. Drove that car, my only car, for months and anyone who saw it was dumbfounded.
@@bg147 yes that was the super derecho (inland hurricane) Intense winds too. It was an odd derecho in how it behaved once it crossed the border into Illinois. It’s comma detached from the main line and spiraled into an “eye” and had high sustained winds for 20-30 minutes before dissipating.
Pro trick : watch movies on InstaFlixxer. Been using it for watching a lot of movies recently.
Wow. I've only seen this storm intensity 2X in my life living in Phoenix, but each time it only lasted no more than 3-4 min at the most. It's amazing how this one keeps going and going. I'm a storm enthusiast so I love watching these videos. Yours is one of the best.
It was literally 30 straight minutes of this. I got back to work from lunch at 12:35. The storm hit our warehouse from 12:40-1:10 with this type of force. I just got my internet service back so I can finally see other people's perspective of this storm.
@@thezdbailey almost an hour for us on the sw side of cr.
There's a time lapsed video of a bridge, the clock on the camera lapsed an hour and five minutes.
It was crazy!
@@ResearchNational maybe in Phoenix AZ....not in iowa with winter coming....
Were you in Phoenix in October 2010? That hailstorm there was wicked!
Flooding from the remnants of Rosa in tbe Phoenix area looked like tropical storm flooding from an Atlantic storm.
This is by far the best footage of this storm that I've seen yet!
I think so...not getting many views though compared to some others
@@jasolhe You will... This video and the other are the two best out of all of them. This one in particular is something special...
I wished I’d filmed it but I was at work.. I stayed working and watched through a open door to outside. It got almost pitch black outside quickly but before that was the ominous green color u see!
Have you seen the video where the guys building gets ripped apart while he hides in the bathroom
@@jackmehoff1565 Nope, I have not. I'm going to look it up right now.
a couple times when it got worse you couldn't see the houses across the street . Scary storm
I cannot believe the intensity and duration of this event. It just keeps going and going. A once in a lifetime derecho!
Looks like the eyewall of a hurricane
a weaker hurricane but maybe a cat 1 or low 2.
INCREDIBLE FOOTAGE!! I felt like I was there. I'm glad you're ok. One of the best videos I've seen. I'm sorry you had so much damage.
Sending off to California so my brother (Iowa grown) can see this. Brave of you to catch on film. We were in the basement!!! Lost machine shed and garage! Glad we’re all....all.....well...
here!!! 🥰. Great bit of footage!!!
Great footage. Some of the best I've seen so far. It's nice to see one where the ppl are talking calmly and rationally instead of freaking out. In your first vid you say "that's 100" several times. Then it got worse and stayed that way for the entire second vid. Thanks for the view of an incredible event. Be well.
Great video of storm! "You'd better go inside." "Why me?"
That was one hell of a weather event, main thing is that everyone was unharmed. 👍🇦🇺
Not everyone there were 6 deaths
I live in Syracuse and we had one of these on Labor Day in 1998. It just went on and on like this one. We had a lot more lightning though. It never quit lightning for longer than a second.
If this video had no title I would think you were in the eyewall of a major hurricane.
Derechos can have winds like a hurricane.
This derecho looks like a land version of a Category 4 storm like Laura or even Joaquin.
Yeah... You know is bad when you can't see the house across the street. Incredible ! It lasted sooo long that it seems kind of surreal. Hope everyone is safe.
its just heavy rain.
@@tvold9204 I hope you're joking.
@@johndaniels7609 I was
That’s the type wind normally associated with a cat 3 or 4 hurricane! That’s totally insane!!!
I live in Florida and that's what I thought I was watching and the person who uploaded the video mistakenly put the wrong title. I have NEVER heard of a dericho storm so I was for sure this was a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane.
I just didn't understand why were they in a garage with it's door open. That could never be done in Florida with a hurricane.
I live in Florida and that's what I thought I was watching and the person who uploaded the video mistakenly put the wrong title. I have NEVER heard of a dericho storm so I was for sure this was a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane.
I just didn't understand why were they in a garage with it's door open. That could never be done in Florida with a hurricane.
@@queenroyaltyrules55 lol, because, iowa.
We're used to tornados out here. We stand on the front steps and watch them. I've watched roofs lifted into the sky and never been scared before this.
This was crazy. We had vertically no warning (maybe three minutes at my house, if you count from when the sirens started).
And it came pretty much straight from the west. You can look at trees around town and see which way is west. Idk if they'll ever lose the bend they now have.
Our house faces east, so we were able to watch out the front without getting wet or having the view further obstructed.
@@cjpietropinto9293 3 minutes? I live a few blocks away from this guy and the sirens went off 30 minutes prior
@@queenroyaltyrules55 Category 2 with periodic gusts of a low end category 3 at best but definitely not a category 4 or higher.
Whoever designed and built the homes in that neighborhood, they need to be rewarded and a HUGE THANK YOU !
i studied meteorology and am a weather enthuiast as well. I think this was a once in a hundred years event. Your Region was hit the hardest definately. Thanks for the Videos! By the way. You americans need to get your powerlines under the ground. This is some serious third world problem. Greetings from Germany, stay safe!
lol i know a guy previous job in the area always asking for vinegar on his fries and stuff like that preaching the same thing...haha
Couldn't agree more. It took 10 days for me to get power back on the SE side of CR
Granted they are more protected, but they're also harder and most costly to service when necessary. Also it's not an American thing. It's a American city and town decision because each city and town maintains and oftentimes supplies their own power. Plus it may be different from one part of the city or town to the next due to a slow transition from one type to another, which may take years. All the lines in my neighborhood are underground.
UN REAL SO LONG AND SCAREY
You say, "once in 100yrs". Ill be honest id never heard of it. But if you look it up, they actually happen about once per year. I had no idea.
I don't even have any words to describe what I'm seeing in this video.
I couldn't believe Part #1 as it's intensity and length was unlike anything Id ever seen before.
Part #2 is more of the same to the next level.
Thank You for posting this, I Pray that your Family and Friends as well as yourselves are all OK.
you definitely watched it all...1 was crazy part 2 was even stronger at times (in the 120 - 140 mph range i believe)
Congrats on installing the basketball net. That thing didn't move a millimeter even though the wind was hitting it broadside. Very impressive!
Lester and his family (both humans and fur babies) are heroes and never will be any zeroes with them.
Love them and all they do.
Love seeing LE mud sliding and yea the pond is full. God is good. 60 years ago I loved the mud sliding.
Have a blessed day.
Love all of you.
LJ from Mississippi
makes A LOT of sense to me! thanks for the post
Wow! My goodness...truly scary...best footage of this derecho storm.
I’m from the hurricane prone gulf coast. Cedar Rapids was hardest hit. The sustained wind speed was like a Cat 1 hurricane but you guys got wind gusts of 130 mph. Down here, a Cat 1 will usually only have wind gusts of 110, maybe 120. Sustained winds are the constant winds with occasional gusts with speeds much higher. The difference between a dericho and a hurricane is the duration and the warning time. Dericho duration = 40 minutes, warning time = NONE. Hurricane duration = 4-8 hours, warning time = days. Aside from the damage, you’ve got to admit it was kind of fun and exciting! Can you see why we have hurricane parties? My motto.
Cat 1 = a whole lot of fun. ( sustained winds of 74-95)
Cat 2 = I can do. (96-110)
Cat 3 = I will flee. (111-129).
How is it possible that the storm lasted so long!! I mean the footage was incredible but also very dangerous with flying debris. Thanks for braving the elements and getting us the footage. Be safe
WOW, just WOW, Josh!! This was truly amazing! I am speechless!
The longevity of the winds reminds me of a Florida Hurricane. We have Thunderstorms with 40 mph winds but it lasts maybe 5-10 mins. Nice video!
This went for just over an hour for us on the SW side of CR.
The trees reminded me of hurricane videos....didn't know hard wood could sway like that!
the sound of the wind is incredible
Great video.. Horrible that happened but so mesmerizing to watch.
Whoever put up that basketball hoop, good job!! that thing was as stable as a rock!
Jesus, that’s category four hurricane strength. Hell, even a hurricane’s inner eyewall takes less time than this to pass!
it really doesnt look like a cat 4 maybe borderline 1 or 2, if it was a 4 it would look a lot worse ive dealt with worse myself and that statement isnt even true.
I live in Iowa. Winds in cedar rapids got to 140 mph... that's cat 4
Honestly, now I understand why they called it a hurricane, looks exactly like one.
If your car in the driveway had been destroyed, you would have at least saved the ping pong table. Amazing footage!
I kept thinking..... Fold up the point pong table and pull the car in!
@@giocomosmith6976 no time.
We heard the sirens at 12:28pm.
We didn't even have time to get the garbie from the curb.
My husband stepped our the back door and watched the rain sucked upward. We focused on closing windows most of the way and I started putting towels over everything. Then, 40 + minutes of scary uncertainty. "Will I have a roof when this is over?" "Will my friends?"
Word..
I think it went on for 40 minutes to an hour.
Glad your ok. That was amazing video. Thanks for sharing!
Great video. I'd easily say this was like a derecho of a lifetime, almost similar to the one that hit Phillips, Wisconsin on July 4th, 1977.
I work at St. Luke's Hospital and everyone who was in the cafeteria had into the kitchen because of a window in the cafe and the power went out, all you could hear was wind and rain hitting the building, then water started coming through the ceiling and vents, then, when going out into the hallway, there was water flowing down the stairwells. Being moved to a more interior area during the entire storm, I only saw about 5 mins of it through the window, so I'm glad of videos like this so I could actually visually see what I could hear going on outside.
These video are incredible thank you
Ty!
GREAT FOOTAGE. THANKS!
That is one hell of a strongly built basketball hoop.
I thought the same thing.. 🤗
"You go outside"
"WHY DO I HAVE TO GO???"
There was a derecho in Northern Ontario and it broke the 14 and 16 inch spruce off one third up and the trees looked like arrows going well over 100 mph in the movie the Spartans. It started in northern Ontario and stopped 350 miles away in Quebec
Sparta haha good movie...not all dudes though his wife was very impressive
Nice shots of this wicked storm!
I live in Toledo ia. We had a 60 foot ash tree hit our house. It pretty well destroyed our porch and all of the siding plus took out a portion of our roof.
My state of North Carolina had derecho winds of 165 mph on April 15 1999 . The tornadoes of March 28 1984 had winds estimated up to 260 mph near Red Springs and Greenville NC . The strongest winds I've been in was about 110 mph in Wilmington NC during hurricane Florence in 2018.. Hurricane Hazel of 1954 had winds of 150 mph in our state . I've been through more than 20 hurricanes here ànd several downbursts and floods . Nature is truly awesome and never ceases to amaze people . I have been writing historic weather events for over 35 years now . The Iowa derecho was definitely a once in a hundred year event . It was similar in intensity and duration to the labor day derecho that devastated upstate New York back in 1998 . That one also exceeded 100mph gusts .
nice info you get around haha
When we first moved to MD we were under threat of one of these. I grew up in SE Texas and had seen some wild weather but had never heard of a derecho. Seeing this one makes me so happy the threat never materialized.
i think your videos are some of the best footage of this storm, I've watched them all over and over you really caught the intensity of it, and I'm sorry i have to agree with a few others your powerlines should be underground, the amount of intense weather you have across the states, it makes sense to put them underground, would be so much cheaper than all the repairs that are done after tornados hit, and a derecho even though this doesn't hit with this sort of force every time at least you would have power through the storm, or if you did lose power it would be back on quickly
This is quite terrifying. Imagine a hurricane like Laura and going through that at night ... for 7-8 hours! Prayers are with you guys in your recovery. Bernie from New Orleans.
I live over at the Alexandra apartments drove around after the storm it was really crazy to see the destruction
Amazing !!!! 😳Thanks.
That is incredible!
That is the most terrifying and incredible thing I’ve ever seen! And I used to live in Florida!!
Your videos are exceptional. Thank you for sharing. New subscriber.
Thank you i wish i could go back in time and record the back yard where all the damages happened
Every time you think it’s ending.....here it blows again, scary
I'm on SE side of Cedar Rapids and I couldn't see out my windows. Trees completely uprooted in my area. We just lost a Juniper and got a lot of neighbors branches. I barely had time to close storm windows.
Us too! SW side. No time, barely "closed" (raised in iowa so I know to Never shut windows all the way. That's how you pop a window) the windows before it hit. Spent the next 10 minutes trying to protect my stuff from water blowing in at an upward angle....then sat on my knees and watched.....and prayed.
Thank you so much for these video I just love them.
Amazing video! I’m glad y’all are safe. I love watching weather like this. I just wish that it wasn’t real. I’m a sucker for a good thunderstorm, I’d be terrified to go through that though. Much love from Richmond va!
Same here even my dog loves thunderstorms!
Agreed that this is great coverage of this event
If I had been there, I'd have been on my knees saying an Act of Contrition, making the sign of the Cross! Beyond belief.
Yes. Asking forgiveness for my sin & begging God for mercy 🙏🏻
Wow incredible footage
I live in SE Ohio and we had a derecho in 2012 that started in Iowa and worked its way 1400 miles to the Atlantic ocean, it intensified as it moved east, by the time it got to Ohio it was a Cat 1 hurricane with 80 to 100mph winds in some places. Its breathtaking to watch
it isnt a fucking hurricane and that is gusts the scale is measured by SUSTAINED WINDS
Nothing more to say other than utterly terrifying. Can't believe how long it lasted!!
I've watched this a couple of times. It must have felt like it was never going to end. Shocking.
Yeah i knew it was special from the start
And it still continues on. It's like being in a hurricane, still didn't like them as a kid growing up in Miami 🙏🕊💜
i guess ping poig table has periority over the car
No time. By the time the sirens went off (not that many iowans pay attention to them), the storm was already here. We lost power within seconds of the sirens ending.
My husband stepped out to get the yardie from the curb, as the sirens were sounding, and watched the rain get sucked up into the sky.
It wasn't safe for humans out there, how do you suggest he get the car in without being blown to jones county?
@@cjpietropinto9293
Easy. ... Go to the car on the windward (driver's) side, protected from the wind, open the door, get in, start the engine, and drive 'er in. ... We do this all the time in Texas during tornado season.
@@cjpietropinto9293 Nah we had 30 minutes to check and see what was going on and prepare. The problem is we didn’t realize that it would be this strong.
@@jakobwaack4148 that's why you look at the alerts lmao. I don't even live in Iowa and saw that the storm had winds at 90-100+mph before it even hit Cedar Rapids.
@@texanforeverthompson3645 exactly. I mean, come on. Just move the car in the garage. It's not that difficult.
If that was 140mph that Pontiac would have been a feather to the wind
There was a 10 ft wind barrier by the garage door from the neighbors house
This storm definitely set the bar. From now on, people could be like, "Omg, we had like 80mph wind gusts!" And people from Iowa are gonna be like, " That's it?"
We'll be like, "really?"
Lol. Does that mean from now on when someone gets a tornado I can say "only one?". Cause my city had 3 touch down in 5 minutes last year. Ahhh, the Midwest. (Sioux Falls, South Dakota if you're curious)
@@twitchythewitch7181 yes!
I grew up in marion ia, I've seen tornados. But generally only one every couple years. And minimal damages.
So yes! Absolutely!
Lol, I've already come across this I said "that must have been terribly scary for you! I know it was when we experienced 140 mph winds." The convo quickly turned to how grateful they were.
The Vibe survived like the champ it is. I have one the same color, just no "moon and tunes" package. Did you get water in around the seems of the windshield where it meets the roof?
Yes u guys went through a heck of a storms its so scary going through any real real bad storm
Do the building codes there require tie downs on the roof? I was impressed that the roofs weren't getting blown off. I had to watch the videos twice because I couldn't believe how intense it was. I don't know how you stayed so calm during it all because I would have been scared to death.
If you saw the first video, the roof behind the first row,... GONE!
And no, I've never heard of a tie down for my roof. What is it?
Wow so glad you're safe
Well not exactly your garden variety afternoon thunderstorm... this is astonishing!!! I’m glad you are ok..
I was keeping my fingers cross that the basketball tower would stay in place and not crush the car!
I thought about that, but it looks pretty well grounded and there isn't enough surface for the wind to really catch.
Its concrete holding the pole secured very deep like 5 foot hole with concrete and rebar for extra strength in the winds like this I install inground hoops so I know how they are installed
No matter how tough you think you are you never want to mess with mother nature 😳
Hope we don't have a blizzard like that this year. I am glad you are all ok though. I hope things are back to normal for you!!
This right here is why people in Iowa talk about the weather so much . I drove truck for a Waterloo company back in 08 and that year we went from a blizzard every week to flooding .
Amazing scenes. Do you have any footage of the aftermath in your neighborhood?
yes unfortunately 2 weeks after...the day after the storm was very much a different view and very much worse than now.... but we were all just trying to figure out what to do without power for days / weeks...th-cam.com/video/brMbPrjf92M/w-d-xo.html
It hit us hard in Illinois spawned 3 tornadoes around my house and tore everything up.we were with out power for 8 days a couple months later got hit by another nasty storm in November and lost power again.went from 75 that day to 35 that night.
Wow, that was incredible.
Possibly the worst derecho ever recorded
@@jasolhe
I'll bet. I had never heard that word before until a few months earlier than your storm, when a derecho came through Nashville a month or so after the March 2020 tornado. Having just moved here from California, the storms were something that amazed me; in California there are no thunderstorms, tornados, etc. I hope you're house was okay.
@@bjroth mostly tree damage the big ones...at a cost of about 1500 per tree to remove at the cheapest...squirrels hit hard
I live in Kansas and we had 300 mph winds out of a big huge microburst and it also produced a big tornado
funny, 300mph and you wouldnt be alive.
This would be a great Pontiac commercial, "Pontiac, it's hurricane proof. "
lol
I live in Cedar Rapids lol I was out IN this coming home from the grocery store in my Dodge pickemup. I had to back up and find another street home... at least eight times lol Big trees down totally blocking the passage.
I still have down trees in my yard 4/2021. They snapped off at ten feet from the ground. weird. I still have one left yet to cut down, a mulberry about ten inches diameter by the garage. I got home and the 220 foot yard was full from fence to fence from the back of the property to the front of the house and, of course, the power was totally a dud for all of ten days.
I used the battery powered hand drill till it went down to drill the branches and snap them off by hand lol that's how I got my driveway cleared to the back of the entrance to the house.
horizontal wind it went on like a light switch and off the same way. I am convinced this was no natural wind at all. Iowa does not have derechos. This is truly rare.
I eventually got a electric chain saw for when the power did come back on. My truck rocks.
It pushed windows into the house that were an instant mess right beside windows that were totally fine when it was over. more weird.
I've heard about this derecho but seeing this storm video makes the wildness of it more fearsome
This is just like what I went through in a hurricane in WPB Florida. Hated it with every ounce of my being. They will go on like this for hours then you go through the eye where its calm and the maybe 20 min. Or so it will start back this intense but the wind is going in the opposite way that when a lot more damage is done. 😮🤯😱WOW MAN I HOPE EVERYONE WAS SZFE.
Awesome!
I would have to walk out there just to feel the power of the wind...
What side of town was this on? I’m on the NE side of town and it was really gnarly over here too.
Whatever trees stood after this, they’ll for sure be around a long time. Curious how many trees your State lost in that short amount of time? That’s why I live in the Desert SW, the weather is very boring. No tornadoes, hurricanes, and forecast always says “Sunny.” Lol
Some standing trees won't make it past spring. I have almost no hope for the tree in front of my house. It's lost more than half it's foliage and had several dead branches before this hit. And the one across the street is so damaged! Two of the three big branches are busted and the bark is stripped.
Then there's the bugs. The bugs that used to reside in many trees are attacking the few we have left.
100% tree damage. I've heard, we lost, or will lose, about 60%.
I lost three of five and one of the remaining two is uncertain to survive.
Tree huggers. Screw you people.
Correct me if I'm wrong, I think this storm lasted between 40 minutes to an hour. I live about 2 hours north of Cedar Rapids in Waterloo iowa. We got the top part od this storm but Cedar Rapids got the main punch of it I believe.
Your not wrong!
Just so you know for next time close your garage door. Most homes come off their foundation because the garage door isn’t reinforced by today’s standards and gets blows in. When it blows in the wind creates uplift and it starts to destroy the home. You got lucky because the wind was coming from up the street and your neighbors homes were shielding you. Same applies for outside doors and windows. Keep them closed no matter what.
aware of all that and we were covered
Josh Solheim Dude. You’re had no idea. If you did you’d be terrified, your heart rate would be through the roof and you’d be so panicked you wouldn’t be able to close that door fast enough. Your clueless is the only reason you didn’t close that door.
that storm was nuts, literally hurricane force winds that just kept going...and going. Its almost worse than a tornado in some ways because its such a wide area and lasts so long.
cosa mas impresionante,que bueno que estén bien vecinos gringos !!!
What side of town are you on? We are se close to mercy and St Luke. It was horrible over here
I live I CR and it wrecked our whole house but we got it fixed thank goodness 😅😅
Jeeze our house lucked out not the trees tho
I am in awe of this display of mother nature. Scary
Good Kite flying weather! WOO HOO!.
UNBELIEVABLE.
Oh wow ive just came across your video.i know that was wild to see but wasnt you scared.id never seen anything like that on land unless we had tornados i live in tenn
Oh my god 😳
We had hurricane winds before in Kentucky we were without power for a week
That was/is intense! ! !
Omg now that's a storm
I was holding the main door shut of the oldest Jewish Temple in Iowa as the wind would suck it open. Rain would hit me in buckets. I too wondered when it would end. My small senior lady frame would fly out with the door. Now l head back up on the flat roof of Old Temple Judah-now Christ Risen Interactive Church ⛪️ to shovel record snow. Good job.