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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2020
- A fast-moving derecho storm raced across Iowa on August 10, devastating everything in its path for hundreds of miles. The damage in this area of Iowa was like being hit by a 40 mile wide tornado.
Before heading to the basement, I pointed my camera out the front window and hit record. It recorded the first 30 minutes of the storm as it busts up our neighborhood.
I wanna know where they bought that bird feeder from. Solid.
Its behind the wall. Only reason it had a chance...if the wall wasnt there, bye bye bird feeder .
@@donaldpuckett7545 it offers very little,if any, wind resistance
Donald Puckett Oop-
@@jcrefasi1 okay your correct, it does have less then the damn tree but still, i lived in south florida my whole life where this is every afternoon at 3pm. Lmao... I'm telling you, bye bye bird feeder.. it was clearly blocked from the outside wall of the house leading to the front door.. If it was in the middle of the yard it would be gone. Period.
Probably from Ikea.
That bird feeder ad was almost 30 minutes long.
😂😂😂
Bird seed not included.
Built Ford tough.
Imma buyin' stocks in that company.
lol
I know I commented on this video before, but I'll say it again. This is one of the best storm footage videos I've seen. You get to see this thing progress from somewhat benign and watch as it transitions into this monster that wipes out most of the trees that were there at the start of the video. And they let you see all this without the annoying music or commentary that plagues some of the other storm videos out there.
Same here. It's something I've tuned into from time to time. I even recall at about 14:00 is the business end of it. I feel so sorry for that beautiful spruce. That tree was probably over 20 years old and never expected this.
You should look up “tornado hits house” and watch that. It’s about 3 mins long. Then look up the news story on it. Heartbreaking.
True!😁👍🏻
There is something thrilling about watching a storm. The sound of the wind, watching the rain fall and the trees move and the smell of the water. I could feel that tingling feeling just watching this. Thank you for sharing.
Sit on the porch during a tornado be a man
@@YankeeDoodle2 you're 12 years old
@@YankeeDoodle2 most of us in the Midwest do lmao
This was a very unique point of view of the storm. And so noticeably quiet except the sounds of the storm. It must have been frightening. It seemed to subside then start up again many times.
Someone left the house's turn signal on.
Evan E I was thinking the same thing! Grandfather clock...
lollll! yeah, what is that?
@@BlinkinFirefly It's a clock
Yup. So friggin annoying.
It was probably a UPS for the computer. They beep when they are on but not getting power.
Gym teachers: the weather is fine we're going outside.
Lol
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Yeah, I've known a few like that. They'd say it builds character.
I’m dead🤣
Lol it's true😂😂😂
This storm forever changed the landscape of Cedar Rapids. Man, it felt like this lasted an eternity when it happened. Almost an hour of these winds, and debris for months, actually more like a year. So glad people could pull together and help each other out. We were out of power for 11 days during the heat of summer. Not something I’d want to go through again, but definitely won’t be forgotten any time soon.
more than a year haha, it's still ongoing cleaning up debris.
Aww man and didn't Covid just start too 😢
@@Littlething41 indeed! 2020 was especially rough around here
There will be more derecho storms like this one. Climate change at its finest.
My husband's family is all from Cedar Rapids. Had to watch the video.
0:00 Warning for the Derecho
0:14 Derecho starts
0:34 Rain starts
2:25 Debris starts to fly
4:59 Derecho strengthens
5:09 Huge gusts start
5:21 More debris fly
5:38 Bush flies on driveway
5:45 Alarm
9:04 Visibility Lowers
10:34 Small tree falls
13:16 Tree in the background falls
14:09 Spruce Tree falls with a smaller tree
16:16 Almost zero visibility
26:39 Zero Visibilty
29:58 End if Video
Wish I would've seen your comment before watching.
this is so true (because it is)
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Never been so emotionally attached to a pine tree before
I felt bad that was a beautiful tree.
I was feeling the same; such a shame🌲
That’s a fir tree by the way.
It was preeety like heck
The tree was pretty
Emergency broadcasts give me more anxiety than the disasters themselves
Omggg yessss
LMFAO 🤣👍
I always think of a zombie apocalypse when I hear that 😂
Yeah they design them to trigger your senses and they sure do work.
Fun fact: the spooky beeping tone that repeats three times is actually an ASCII message encoded with binary frequency-shift keying. It's called Specific Area Message Encoding (SAME).
This happened on December 3 2007 on the Oregon Coast, gusts of 85-90 mph in Astoria where I lived, I was 4 but I remember the roofs blown off houses around me, trees falling over, widespread damage! Not just that, but it lasted over 24 hours. Oregon coast storms are underrated. They're not hurricanes, not thunderstorms, but just regular coastal windstorms and they can last quite a while and be pretty intense.
I moved to Astoria a year and a half ago and the people here still talk about that storm frequently. Unbelievable stuff.
in '98 michigan got a storm with straightwinds and gusts 70-120mph and constant winds between 40 and 60mph. it was over 2 weeks without power for us! my dad had to break down and get a generator. everything was jacked. roofs and walls ripped off stuff in the areas that saw the 120s. we had 115mph but my dad built our house😁 i will NEVER forget the part of that storm i was able to stay awake through. it was so wild. we almost didnt have to finish the school year.
this is false you can clearly hear the weather alert state that "the nws in the twin cities"
Quad Cities. That's the NWS area Cedar Rapids is in. I guarantee you this is not false. The anenometer where I worjed that dat, Mt. Mercy Universuty, clicked 140 mph wind gust. We lost 900,000 trees. Google it. It was insane.
@@raresnowwolf1367 I've been to CR since 2007. I can assure you this did happen there. Quad Cities, not Twin. Davenport, Bettendorf IA and Rock Island, Moline IL.
I remember my boss coming to my office that day and saying “Go home right now. Be with your wife and son.” As I drove home I saw it roll in over interstate 75 and felt my ears pop. It was a scary drive home.
Bosses be like: you're still on your way to work rn right?
Had the exact thing happen to me in Houston in the 80's during the middle of a hurricane. Was on the phone to check on my boss and he actually thought I was at work (even though HE wasn't of course). He asked me to put a coworker on the phone! Had to hold everything back not to scream.
Lol
SERIOUSLY! I worked at the largest resort on Panama City Beach when hurricane Michael hit and a day later my boss called me from a burner phone asking me when I could come to work!
I got caught in the middle of the storm because I was on my break, my boss literally expected me to come back ASAP because I worked at a day care. Thankfully my town was not as damaged.
>Boss my car got swept away in the tornado
>Mass transit is running right? Catch the bus!
I want a relationship strong as that bird feeder..
😄😄🙏
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@@mygodjesus1229 I'm just gonna start reporting these comments as spam
People who says like this leave first lol
Oof
Growing up in Iowa I was used to the threat of tornadoes, but the scale of this storm was just an alien experience to me. I was in the western suburbs of Chicago that day and had multiple large trees come down on porches and cars on my block, I had half a tree fall in my front yard. This was basically a Midwest hurricane in scale.
@ 0:22..."It's just ah gust"...and then BAM! We went through two Derechos back in VA in 2012 and 2013 and I tell you, they are NO JOKE! It's very close to tornadic activity. Brought down several pine trees and you know, those trees are flexible. That was amazing footage which shows the power of these Derechos. Glad no one was injured.
14:15, a brave soul put up the good fight but alas was snapped off at the base and laid to waste. A moment of silence for the loss of a Beautiful tree.
That poor tree was pretty solid tho
@@Krisesakes i know how he felt i lost a lot of limbs from my pecan trees also lost my black walnut tree my son iost his two story barn... we saw it all from my bsck porch in nc..thaty not the only storm i saw but the worst
.janice drew now in la. they have storms here too.
Dev Ram that was a sad moment. Beautiful tree 😥
Devastating 😥
I cried when it snapped
“It’s just a gust” *BOY WERE THEY WRONG*
Black knight: It's just a flesh wound.
@@beccas.7762 At first, I thought you were referencing Jeff Dunham's "Achmed the Dead Terrorist": th-cam.com/video/GBvfiCdk-jc/w-d-xo.html Start @ 1:50 😂
A L M O S T laffoutloud D.J aaallmost. Dead Smak in Tornado Alley my friend. A weather radio is more important than yankin last of T P. 😯😁🙃🤔 nawp.🤧 toilet paper 😂😂😥
80 mph 💨 wind here = a new part in your hair = for a few days.
Probably thought the radio was fake news
You can't see it, but you can feel it.
I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever....
*Florida* *Wind* *Gust* *Conversion*
0:16 - 3:35 - Avg. Windy Day
5:04 - 5:33 Avg. Rain Storm Gusts
6:22 - 6:50 Avg. Sev. Thunderstorm Gusts
7:14 - Tropical Storm Gust
~ *Sustained* *TStorm* *Winds* ~
7:39 - Low Cat 1 H. Gust
8:01 - 9:28 - Tropical Storm Gusts
~ 9:40 *Power* *Outage* *Starts* ~
~ *APC*-*UPS* *Alarm* *Starts* *and* *Cont.* ~
9:45 - 12:41 - Tropical Storm Gusts
13:07 - Low Cat 1 H. Gust
13:35 - High Cat 1 H. Gust
14:10 - Low Cat 2 H. Gust
~ *Sustained* *Low* *Cat* *1* *Winds* ~
14:40 - Low Cat 2 H. Gust
16:17 - High Cat 2 H. Gust
18:15 - High Cat 1 H. Gust
~ 18:40 *Sustained* *TStorm* *Winds* ~
19:08 - 29:46 - Cat 1 & Low Cat 2 H. Gusts
Sev. = Severe
H. = Hurricane
APS-UPS = APC Battery Backup
I’m legitimately in disbelief over the difference between Iowa vs. Florida tree strength. I had to use the flexibility of thick branches, ground winds, horizontal precipitation, and stationary objects for my scale. I did not use branch breaks/small aerial foliage.
*Source*: I have experienced 10 hurricanes: Erin, Charley, Frances, Jeanne, Wilma, Katrina, Irma, Dorian, Ian, and Nicole.
true. we have storms like this in the country in ga. im wondering if its bc there arent many trees, landscapes, or structures to hinder the winds. people lose all their patio equipment, awnings and pergolas destroyed, trees and power lines down after every storm
Think it’s a smoke alarm actually
@@PMFD99say this to yourself
When we get windstorms in the North West, it depends on how dried out the greenery is. If there was a heat wave or drought earlier in the year, the trees are brittle, causing more damage. Specially with larger branches breaking off.
Another factor is ground saturation. Certain trees don’t have deep roots OR the ground is too wet and whole system pops out of the ground.
16:17 that gust was near a Category 4. The wind looked like 130 mph and in areas got to 140 mph.
Trees break in half, trees get ripped from their roots but that gosh dang bird feeder man.
@James
Its not his fault that stupid people say and ask stupid things.
If it dont catch mutch wind it stays . Ive seen dead trees no foliage stay live ones lots of foliage . Go down I live in Hurricane Fla .
That sucker was staked in wicked tight.
I was rooting for every tree.
😂
😅
LMAO
😐
I know right?!
Truly one of the most captivating, heartbreaking, soul-ripping, extraordinary weather videos I have watched. I'm so glad that you all were safe. I won't lie, thiugh, I shed some tears seeing all of that destruction to the trees, especially your beautiful pine tree. The video so clearly shows why that historic derecho is referred to as an inland hurricane. God bless you all. 🙏
I know it sounds selfish / shortsighted but I LOVE the idea of being cozy inside with some hot choccy during a genuinely scary storm
Except you’re not guaranteed safe. My sisters roof blew off in a derecho.
@@GrumpyMeow-Meow I know, the danger makes it feel even more cozy. So long as your roof isn't blowing off, anyways
i feel you. i was just thinking the same thing. power is out, you're wrapped up in a blanket in the couch or a comfy chair, sipping creamy hot choco or coffee. surrounded by the hum of the wind and the thunder. it sounds super comfy.
My parents: we walked through this every morning to get to school
LOL ,U RIGHT AND TO WALK 3 OR 4 MILES TO SCHOOL ,UP HILL BOTH COMING AND GOING.
You forgot "In the snow”...😂🤣👍🏼
Back in my day...
Damm 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
While their mom was beatin' their butt and putting the fear of god in them the whole way.
Every tree: gone
Bird feeder: still standing
At least the birds will still have some food to eat while looking for new homes. 🐦
Ikr I was so confused 😂
Again...It was a suet basket fixed to a Shepards Hook Plant Hanger.
Little wind resistance there....No " Birdhouse" involved...!
Why do you people keep calling it a Birdfeeder/Birdhouse...?
low wind resistance + wrought iron.
a moment of silence for the fallen trees.
losing decades old trees ain't cool.
Was was was waiting
These storms are scary, just as bad as a tornado. But over a larger area.
Thank you for recording this. It shoes the awesome power of the wind.
No. Much less damaging wind than a strong tornado but over a larger area.
Depends on how big the tornado is like if we talking a mile long nados it basically game over for the whole neighborhood.
no way, tornadoes are way worse
And this seemed to go on forever!
So intense! Wow what a powerful storm. Around 6:33 it gets heavy and when many of the trees are cleared out...WOW! Cheers from Tampa Bay 🌴
Mother Nature: and you get a branch! and you get a branch! and you get a branch!
Lol, cute...liked that!
lolol that was actually funny
And to the house next door: And you get a limb! And then to the house across the street: Here! You get a whole tree!
@@asurans34 and then Mother Nature said to the white car with car alarm going off.... quiet now or I'll drop a tree on you... and so she did...... and so the car was quiet....
Jami Conroy Indeed she did! 😂
Darn. I was cheering for that beautifully shaped spruce tree. Rip
Same! I gasped when it fell 😢
I've never seen a gust that violent
Lol right??! Pretty sad.
Whoa, hey, spoiler alert please!
Rest in pieces, trees.
Poor tree 🤦🏽♀️
I remember this Derecho that hit Illinois. I was sitting in the living room table after I got off work from 12:30 P.M. while I was sitting in the living room table, just around 4:00 P.M. the sky starts to dim. I thought it was 7:00 P.M. already, but when I looked through the kitchen window, it was pitch black north, and I was like "What the hell" I got out of the chair and looked out the kitchen window, and I was very much surprised, I went through the garage and open the garage door and as I walked out of the garage a gust of wind came right at that moment as I stepped outside as I looked northwest saw this Derecho. I heard thunderous booms against the grain silos, the wind was that strong to make those thunderous booms from the grain silos. I was taken by surprised. After my dad came home from work we decided to head in the house. I never seen such a storm like this, before. I have seen strong thunderstorms before, but nothing like this. I still remembered this Derecho as of today. Such a wild experience from this storm. It kinds died down after it passed over Illinois.
This is insane. I've never seen anything like this. What I find the craziest is how peaceful and silent does it gets in between sometimes. And then it turns absolutely insane...
That was such a pretty tree in front of your house. Shame.
My thought as well and for all the trees and the animals that called them home ☹️😞
They can always put it back up. I'm sure mother nature didn't mind
Mother Nature destroys everything.
May all those trees that didn't make it through the storm R.I.P. I was hoping that one by the house would survive but oh well.
@@scotthayes5933 yeah it's mother nature that's destroying everything 🤣😂
The trees coming down are scary, but what I found most unsettling is when you could no longer even see your neighbor's house across the street.
What I didnt like was when the wind got to like 120mph, phone coverage all stopped, all electricity turned off, and watching my neighbors house get impaired by a branch.
I read this comment before watching the video and thought the wind took their neighbors house away
Absolutely.
With all those trees snapping, I wonder if any damages was caused to the vehicles across the street.
Soooooooo scary😮
This is absolutely insane! We had a Derecho tear through my area last year, it caused millions in damage and a few deaths. But it was not sustained, in waves like this! I couldn’t imagine.
Hope ur ok :)
RIP every tree in the neighborhood. They fought brave.
Be nice to the trees
@@melissamay261 No. Actually you know what, f**k the trees. They were too wimpy to survive a thunderstorm downburst, they didn't deserve to survive.
@Gabriel Fusco we would drive around for hours to charge our phones up and try and get food at towns far over, I just remember when it started looking outside and seeing everything falling and then the house started moving. I thought it was over and one point and started to come upstairs but then it got worse
@@turdfurgusson lol
@@turdfurgusson Bro doubled down lmao
It’s always heartbreaking when a tree gets snapped in half. it obviously had been there a long time. It’s like losing an old friend.
😞 aw. I would have to agree!
CR most 50% of its canopy- the around of 100’s of years old trees we lost is just really really sad
My thoughts exactly! It's really sad
My grandfather’s trees were affected by mites. Old, wise birch trees. Anchorage/ Eagle River, Alaska were hit hard by tree mites.
He passed a few years back, not a sob story, he lived a long, happy stubborn life. But those tree are some of the last things we had of his in the back yard. In a year or two I may not be able to sit under them and enjoy their smell and stories as I used to when I was a child.
@alitlweird, you got me with this one.
I don’t even know how I got to this video.
I agree. When my daughter was little the elderly lady across the street had a beautiful old tree that turned yellow and orange in the fall and glowed in the sun set. My daughter and I would go over and play in the leaves. One summer it was raining and I just happened to glance up right as lightning blew half the tree away. I cried over that tree. Full sob.
Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. Over and over again. Holy heck. It's like a sustained downburst (I use that analogy only because I've been through some). And that truck driving out there....I hope they made it home safely.
I experienced my first hurricane (Hurricane Hilary) last week down here in Southern California. Although, by the time it made its way to me, it was a tropical storm. But it was still intense with gusts up to 70mph. We suffered a lot of damage. It was whiteout, much like this. We flooded instantly because it's the desert and our ground is not able to absorb water like in Florida or Texas where hurricanes are common. So the 4 inches of rain it dropped here caused significant damage and flooding.
What incredible footage. Thank you for this. I hope the costs of repair and replacement weren't too extensive. RIP, you beautiful tree 😢
God, I remember this storm like it was yesterday. I was about to head to my friends house up the street, but forgot my phone. That was the thing that saved me from being outside when it started, because there was no warning. Clear sky one minute, terrible storm the next. We were thankfully some of the lucky few in our neighborhood to only have trees taken out, many others had collapsed garages and/or shattered windows.
“It’s just a gust.” *Trees falling over*
I dont think so .its like entity a spirit .
Where's the banner look like hang in the gutter?
@@victorialevy2882 When the storm lets up, everything will be okay.
pico de gallo lol for real haha
J500 L6000 those trees suck though.
Whoever installed that bird feeder deserves a nobel prize.
Not really it was protected from the wind by the house
D C 🤣🤣🤣
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it's wrought iron, lol.
Well dand hire them to build one ppl can fit in 💀 #1 worlds best shelter
I am most impressed with the fact they kept power as long as they did, that first gust would’ve knocked ours out immediately
Same
Tell me you’re r from the hood without telling me you’re from the hood
@@thebestplayerdead956 How some places are, nothing to do with the “hood” lol. California foothills are a prime example
@@Weather_Nerd true, I just said that cuz we had a storm a couple weeks ago and our hood lost all its power.
Underground vs overhead utilities
Poor little tree 🌲 I was invested in its survival like all of you!!! It hung in there as long as it could!! Living through a hurricane 🌀 this definitely compares! Great video!!
My therapist: Don’t watch things that trigger your anxiety
Me: *looking up natural disaster footage*
SAME I ALWAYS WATCH TORNADO VIDEOS
vintagloe I don’t know why but I’ve always loved watching them lmao it’s so cool
ガチャA I S L I N G holy crap I hope you guys get that back soon..
@@hyewonity I watch alot of tornado videos, also. I imagine you've seen these, but in case you haven't:
Man recorded the tornado that destroyed his house & killed his wife. He survived, but his wife & her neighbor friend did not: th-cam.com/video/Szwd-0tatdo/w-d-xo.html
A man & his teenage daughter take cover in their basement as a tornado levels homes behind them & almost knocks theirs down, too: th-cam.com/video/vzdVDnaVNL8/w-d-xo.html
Motorists are forced to hide under an overpass as a tornado passes over their heads. (This one was on Maury Povich): th-cam.com/video/lHBZylcxIvw/w-d-xo.html
A brother & sister are making a "smoothie challenge" video when a tornado hits: th-cam.com/video/CPTy-KQhn1k/w-d-xo.html
5 minute Compilation of tornadoes hitting: th-cam.com/video/LpxEAfceh_c/w-d-xo.html
exactly
Rest In Peace little tree, you held on as long as you could 😢
😞🖐🏻
I always hope it gets “reclaimed” as something.
Stupid wind 100 km/h
I pulled out
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0:22 "it's just a gust :)"
Famous last words.
I was in Gordmans in Coralville during this. Never heard the word derecho before that day and I remember being stuck in the store thinking "this storm is lasting a lot longer than a typical Iowa storm." I knew it was different.
Came outside to my car, the car on my left had a hood folded over the roof and the truck on my right had the bed removed. My car, the cheapest car of the trio, was untouched.
Very thankful my mom was safe in Iowa City at a hotel. Took her down for a major surgery the next morning.
See you guys in 5 years when this gets recommended again!
See ya
LOL yep, I'll be watching it again! Cya on the other side!
I'll see ya there
its a date
Lol
"How's the weather, Ollie?"
"It's raining sideways!!"
"Thanks, Ollie."
How does this not have more likes. This comment made me loose my shit at 2 in the morning😂😂😂😂😂
@@DevilChanUwU Prob too obtuse to get the reference.
We now goto Tricia Takanawa who is on location in the garden center at the local WalMart, Tricia?
It's gone rain!!!
underrated af
“where’s your umbrella”
“inside out two miles away”
“is there anything we can do for you ollie”
“bring me soup”
“what kind ollie”
“CHUNKY”
That hanging planter stand held on for dear life. What a champion.
Apparently, it’s a bird feeder
That there’s a double shepherds hook.
This was an amazing video! Thank you for sharing, and most importantly, I'm glad you all are safe!!
I actually got sad when the evergreen snapped. It made it so far 🥺
Same!
The.. what?
my heart broke when the tree fell
@@MoneyAddictKenny 14:10
Yes it did
A few minutes in: oh, I'll just watch for a few more minutes
30 minutes later: holy crap
Same here! Hope everyone was ok.
I've lived in Cedar Rapids my whole life and I never experienced anything like this in my life
This seems so much worse then a tornado. I thougjt it'd be windy for a few minutes. Not this "oh I think its done" and it gets even worse then before. Horrific.
Me too!
Still cleaning up the mess here in Cedar Rapids.
This is awesome Brother! I lived through a Cat 1 Hurricane in Suffolk, Virginia USA in 2003. Hurricane Isabel was her name and she destroyed tons of houses and trees. I still remember the night she hit like it was last night. Pine, Tulip, and Massive Oak trees that were healthy fell like they were little toy trees. We did not have power for 14 days. I can not imagine what you folks go through with tornados in the Midwest area of this country. You are hardcore people and I respect you. Peace.
11no power and i worked at food lion who had to toss everything out from cold storage areas
I lived in Grundy Center, Iowa when this happened. Grundy center was on the extreme north end of this storm, and I still after 25 years think it one of the worst storms I’ve experienced, and living in north central iowa, I’ve experienced storms.
At the time of this video, we were currently coming out of our basements to see the damage. (80 miles to the west)
"It's just a gust."
Best joke of 2020
Then next thing I know it’s a disaster
14:13 rip tree
@@alexandratwoface6422 i know. Maybe they can replant it or replant another one.
help hello
Its a tornado ahhh xd
TH-cam algorithm: So you might be wondering why I've gathered you all here today...
Seriously yesterday my feed was politics, viking rock, and computer reviewers. Today all derecho vids
Every once in a while a comment just makes me full blown chuckle.
That's funny
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Algorithms of oppression 🙈🙊
..such a beautiful tree.. I have a pine tree and it was stuck sideways for 2 years, my dad had to wrap a rope around it to hold it straight up. And now another storm hit it today and it’s tipped over again, but a different tree got snapped down the middle and a huge chunk of branches fell off of it, we might have to cut it down.
I live in a SMALL town in Southern Ontario, Canada. We had a Derecho the end of May last year and it was SCARY. We also had 1-2 confirmed tornados inside the derecho, and we usually don't get this kind of weather up here. Ever since then, Southern Ontario has been getting more and more baaaad weather and some small tornados
The anxiety I felt for the people just driving by I'm over here watching yelling "Go faster get home!"
They get home to find it's blown away. Opps!
Same
Same I would have ran outside to make them come in my house
@@gracebilling6920 Yes...because you'd totally run outside during a storm that severe to ask a stranger to come into your house, risking getting hurt or killed by the storm. Heck, the person you invite in could end up being a murderer or something.
I'd be hauling ass for real lol
I got a little teary eyed when your evergreen snapped
Same it was so pretty!
We had two big evergreens in our front yard and one of them got struck by lightning when I was really young and the other came down during some really bad straight line winds that we got years ago
I was thinking the elm across the street would make it, but five minutes later, gone, too.
Do the Brady Bunch live across the street?
Me too, I was rooting for it, I thought the house was protecting it. Then all of a sudden bang! It was so lovely 😧
In only 14 minutes, everything goes from beautiful and calm to chaotic and dangerous
Almost 4 years ago in 6 months, this is the storm that gave me the ptsd I have, I’ve never experienced a storm produce so fast in all my life, I’m born and raised here in the country side of CR, this is the storm that I convinced my parents to get a weather radio after
I wish more storm videos were like this, no holding the camera, not much talking, Good view of wind, perfect audio, great quality. and nobody had to do stupid shit to get the video recorded, nor did 99% of the storm get deleted.
Agreed
Minus the chewing of gum.
ahaha, u aint't kidding.
this is a remarkable video.
im sure tv stations would pay decent $ for rights to it.
You Tube..ik ppl want to hit the 10 min mark
to get monetized, but dang.
..like a chicken nugget that's 75% filler..
it just ain't worth it.
Exactly. This video is honestly one of the best I’ve seen so far!
BEST Weather Video ever recorded & agree w/all comments. Nothing more distracting than loud, excitable chatter & a camera that moves all over the place. With all Storms, the visuals always speak for themselves.
Retail store manager be like: "you're still coming into work"
I drove directly into this storm to get to my retail job that day!! A few hours west of where this was, and we got hit less hard, thankfully.
@@emilyncrabbe3681 Awful that there are people making you go to work even with this kind of weather.
Healthcare also.
@@poohvie2513 Healthcare's necessary, retail really isn't.
In the Midwest, we would never work if we let weather stop us. Between these, Ice storms, blizzards...I’ve worked through all of em,
Ive experienced two of these. Its insane. As soon as that sky gets dark and the wind picks up get in the house.
I was rooting for the pine tree the whole time, and when it went, I almost cried.
Why almost?
Am I the only one that finds storms terrifying and beautiful at the same time ?
There is something beautiful in chaos😊
sikko sikko
I tend to sleep soundly during storms. It has an asmr effect on me.
I love storms.
Me too hahaha
Weather Report: Mostly Cloudy, Breezy, with a chance of Flying Trees.
Lol
I’m up north catch ya later ✌🏽😼
Trampolines, garden furniture,cows.
And dont forget the meatballs !! 🤗
@Sharron Taylor no
I’ll never forget this storm . I was at work when it hit the QC Cities that day and I was in one of the first neighborhoods to get power back on the same day it hit.
My God, this just went on and on!!! It was like MULTIPLE tornadoes! Excellent footage!
Watching this from Naples, FL. This is basically an eye wall experience... ‘washing machine’ effect, ‘constant roar’, thinking that there’s no way the wind can get any stronger- then the next gust blows your mind. You wonder how much more your house can endure... what damage the tree limbs are doing to your roof. Then the logic starts to kick in.... “if all of Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas are just as bad, the cleanup is going to take weeks. Maybe months. And we may be without power for days, if not weeks.” I’ve been there, I know. But you’ll make it through this. You will. Stay safe. ✌🏼
Over 1200 miles of power lines were down. Some still without power a week later. The cleanup could take up to a year.
ya...was thinking the same thing...like a hurricane !
We get tornadoes that have winds over 200 mph. Our roofs are usually rated to at least 120 mph winds. These winds were only 100 mph
@@ericl8743 We get tornados here in central Texas too. Our house is rated for the 120 mph winds, but it can't withstand 120 mph debris flying through the air such as a 2x4.
@@marktaylor8659 yeah we lucked out. Both of the neighbors have damaged roofs and I've seen several with collapsed roofs in town but we only had a tree fall over but it was away from the house
My husband was in Cedar Rapids days after, working with a non profit called Eights Days of Hope. They are still there helping with clean up. God bless you.
We are from Virginia.
I’ve been seeing their trucks around town! Maybe one was him lol
Thank your to your family for the help from all Iowans
Living in Oregon i only get to see the start up of these Derechos. the closest thing we get are the Pacific Monsoons. great footage
The sounds of rain will be of great help to those who suffer from anxiety like me, we are grateful for the beautiful sounds of rain. Good evening everyone.
16:17 that is an absolutely insane wind gust. It wiped that tree after it withstood it so far.
The amount of trees that just got wiped out is crazy.
I’d say you guys were cleaning up for months after this.
My mom: “You need to get off that stupid phone and go outside”
Outside:
An autistic girl did that, and she died.
@@HighestRank tf
@@53bas he's right
Rýán Túçk How?
@@jocelynflores5233 actually, if you know the aesthetic people or you are an aesthetic people.. You will understand.
I live in CR and was trying to make it home to my kid when this hit. Every street I tried was blocked by falling trees or power lines. I was driving through peoples yards just to try and get somewhere more open, I honestly thought I was going to die that day. Luckily I only lost some shingles, a bunch of siding and sadly my garage/workshop that had my jet boat I’d been building the last 4 years. Went without power for 15 days and just got my cable and internet back yesterday, cell service is still crap with no data. What a nightmare
Yikes! Sorry about the boat. I'm not a boater, but that's gotta be hard to lose all that work.
I have a pepperoni pizza.
That’s one heck of a nightmare
Dang bro I'll pray for you
Saw some FB pictures of Cedar Rapids damage. We felt it here in Ankeny but C.R. seems to have taken the direct hit. Praying for you guys.
I come back to this video and just put it on in the background. It reminds me of the storms growing up on the North Shore and Iron Range. It's really sad how it changed that neighborhood, but also astounding to watch nature transform things.
That's was amazing to watch. I hope by this time everyone has new landscaping and that this storm is all in the past. May many good things have happened since - to this family- and everyone.
I need a relationship as strong as that bird feeder.
Underrated comment
🤣🤣
Turn to Jesus and you shall have one 😊✝️💕
@@victoriacharlesworth7099 Amen sister!!
The bird feeder endured because the house blocked most of the wind.
"it's just a gust" should be the official quote of Derecho 2020
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stare at video do not move just stare
@@markcarlson7080 😇😊
RIP tree, you will be remembered of how much you have helped us showing life and love. 😟
I was in the Carolinas Outbreak of March 28 1984. 22 tornadoes claimed 57 lives and 1,248 injuries along a 400 mile long swath . The largest F4 reached 2.5 miles wide near Red Springs NC. 1400 homes and 25,000 acres of timber destroyed . I knew some of the people who lost loved ones that night . I've been through more than two dozen hurricanes and several downbursts and winter storms . Tornadoes are the most nerve -racking for me . They can turn a community upside down in just two minutes time .
And this ladies and gentleman is why you never cheap out in windows for your home.
Glass is glass, doesn't matter how much you spend.
@@soldiers303 Could be double window glass 😛
@@soldiers303 Hurricane-resistant windows lower damage (up to 135mph) and lower insurance premiums. Kinda doubt anyone in Iowa had them before this storm!
Alex2900 so bulletproof glass, tempered glass, low e glass, double pane glass is all the same? Thats the silliest thing ive heard in my life. Each is built for different things hence the price
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don’t cheap out on basements for your home.
Everything else: falls down
Bird feeder: did you feel something?
😂😂😂 ikr!!
The bird feeder seems to be in the shadow of the house.
It's behind a wall common sense
I'm more worried about the birds...
Nina Elsbeth Gustavsen me too poor babies!! 😢❤️
Yeah....when the little tree went down....so did my heart. I was really rooting for it. I have been there and done that with a Derecho....and I never want to experience that again. We really thought a twister had touched down....brought a huge oak tree down on our house, my yard looked just like this neighborhood. Scarred my middle child for life....he now...as an adult...gets panicky when a storm hits.
I’m in Texas and we get large violent tornadoes the difference is they move along after 1 to 2 minutes, this is basically a tornado that stays in the same spot for 30 minutes, absolutely insane.
Causes much less damage
Classic line:
"It's just a gust."
Meanwhile with my two petite friends: we blow away :D
Once one of them almost blew away.
@@midnightrose6969 💀💀💀
Iowa people are so optimistic.
Her: "It's just a gust."
*10 minutes later*
Trees blow over
I thought the same thing.
California people: "It's just a tremor"
Iowa people: WTF the ground is moving.
I mean 14 mins..
@@Zoomer30 Exactly I am from Iowa so this is 100% what I would think during an earthquake. This storm was super bad though even for us and we got storms on the regular but we don't get hurricane winds that hit a whole town.
We try lol
WOW! This was intense. I live on the east coast and I’ve been through A LOT of hurricanes. This reminds me of them.
hurricanes in the east coast?
@@meyague yes, hurricanes do hit the east coast. You have me a bit curious as to why the question?
My Grandparents used to live in Cedar Rapids They Went Outside Today for the Raced Across The Rain Tornado Warning in a couple weeks ago But It it’s heartbreaking losing an old friend
“It’s just a gust”
She didn’t know how wrong she was.
Many minutes later followed by , "Oh the maple's gone."
The wind was like or so it would seem
Lol that was my first thought
I was looking for this comment 👍🏻
I'm around the corner in my cousin house it got bad quick
Seeing your little fir tree snap over was heartbreaking. As a plant-lover, you have my deepest condolences...
When I was a kid we had the most beautiful massive sweetgum tree in my front yard. We moved out of state and the next time I drove past that house it was a stump.. it made me cry. Trees are so important especially in urban areas, and that was *my* tree x(
I felt the same way... then I noticed the house the tree was hiding and laughed.
@@whitneyd6827 I am so sorry you lost something so precious to you. I was just praying for everybody in Iowa that has lost something, and it struck me that it was important to pray for those who, (even though their situation may fine compared to others who lost everything,) have lost something like a tree that was meaningful to them. I have four trees in my garden that are so important to me, and it would be devastating to lose them, and even though it may seem like a superficial thing compared to the scope of the disaster, I know it matters to God when things that are a part of your personal environment are affected. Plants have so much meaning. I know he cares about your loss.
Um spoiler alert
@@bethyngalw wow thank you I didn't expect such a kind response. I'm big on environmental change and the further I look into it the more I mourne that tree. I read somewhere that if everyone painted their houses white and had a decent sized tree in their yard then urban / suburban areas would produce noticeably less pollution. If I didn't live in an apartment I would love to have trees like yours :)
I was manning the control house of a swing bridge over the Mississippi River at Davenport IA when this thing rolled through. By the time I realized how bad it was it was too late to get off the bridge and had the pleasure of riding this thing out. It was quite the experience.
That is so sad and scary!! Those beautiful trees all gone in a flash!
How many people were rooting for that evergreen tree in the foreground ? !!
And the big trees across the street ? !!
Kudos to the construction people who built the houses in view !
Those Carpenters kicked ass for sure!!!!
RIP little evergreen 🌲
I know right? Those houses didn’t move an inch
@@teezee2413 Made me sad and wonder how long it lived 😞
Those houses definitely weren't built by lowest bid dumpster fires D.R. Horrible or Lennar.
As a person that lives in Texas and goes through hurricanes... I don't understand why these types of storms are NOT discussed as much as hurricanes. This is just as insane as the storms I have gone through.
I was going to comment the same. What we’ve seen in this video, and s what hurricanes here on the Gulf Coast are similar to....for longer durations of time.
They're too hard to pronounce and not scary sounding enough. If they changed the name to something like "turbine destructor" they would get top billing.
Thank you! We moved out of South Lousiana to get away from floods and hurricanes. Now we get slammed with storms like this in the Midwest. they literally blow up so fast and then sunshine after. I call them afternoon hurricanes. Lol I went from one type of natural disaster nightmare to another.
As a person who lives in Texas you probably get hit with derechoes all the time and don't realize it. They are common throughout the American continent east of the Rockies, though especially in the Midwest and the great plains. Hurricanes overall are far most destructive, but just like tornadic storms, derechoes are much more locally dangerous. You wouldn't want to stand outside during one, while you could definitely stand outside during a hurricane (although not recommended). I presume that's why they aren't as publicly researched, but I assure you they are always being studied in depth for better prediction, etc., even if research funding for hurricanes and tornadoes far overshadows derechoes. Basically, if you're getting hit with a derecho, follow the same safety measures you would as if there were a tornado and you'd be fine.
A derecho of this magnitude is pretty rare.
Wow amazing footage. So glad you pulled thru😊
Remembering to buy an emergency radio after this lol
It might be late to say but really sorry about the damages. It's good you guys were okay!! Amazing footage and the audio is weirdly soothing despite the chaos.