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In reply to the discussion: A Derecho, a Widespread Destructive Thunderstorm Wind Event, Swept Across Minnesota, Wisconsin and M [View all]Botany
(70,504 posts)21. The 2012 Dercho was like something I have never seen before
It came out of "nowhere"
I did not see or know of the storm no more than 1/2 an hour beforehand
The storm's strength and size and how it "grew" from about the size of county
to >500 miles wide was really wild
On the backside of the storm we had 7 to 10 days of + 100 degree weather. In central
OH we average a best one or two 100 degree F days every 2 to 3 years.
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A Derecho, a Widespread Destructive Thunderstorm Wind Event, Swept Across Minnesota, Wisconsin and M [View all]
jpak
Jul 2019
OP
and we let 88 universities support 260 limbaugh stations that deny global warming
certainot
Jul 2019
#30
had one go through here in '97, was without power for a week, worse storm event I've witnessed. nt
yaesu
Jul 2019
#17
It is sad that it has come to this. Even before Carter and Gore there were warnings.
theophilus
Jul 2019
#5
I saw it's bow plowing through on the national radar and said "A-hah - derecho"
Backseat Driver
Jul 2019
#12
We never did get the forecasted heatwave but we did get over 6 inches of unneeded rain
yaesu
Jul 2019
#24