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Who knows what a derecho is? No, it's not a villain from an old Zorro movie.

Posted by CT (aka cuzzintodd) Aug 11 '20, 17:10

It's the reason I have no cable and internet and why a big chunk of Des Moines hasn't had power since yesterday morning

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Is it Spanish for Derek? - Strongbad Aug 11, 17:49
It's a weather thing that is not a tornado but is something you don't really want like a tornado. - ty97 Aug 11, 17:41 3
- It's straight line strong winds. Extremely destructive. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:44 2
  - I've experience a straight line wind in Texas that we thought was a tornado. - ty97 Aug 11, 17:45 1
    - We had that in my neighborhood in 2010, I was sure it was a tornado, I went to the stairwell. It was EXTREMELY destructive in a small patch. - loosilu Aug 11, 17:51
I've known ever since yesterday. -- nm - zunk takes things literally Aug 11, 17:30
they were talking about it last night -- nm - zeitgeist Aug 11, 17:23
it's what blew threw Iowa, Illnois and Indiana yesterday -- nm - Remlik Aug 11, 17:20
First I'm hearing of it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 17:19 10
- Yes you did. June 2012, power outages from hell, in some cases weeks. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:21 9
  - Must have missed us or I just don't remember it. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 17:22 8
    - We had Superstorm Sandy but I don't remember that name being used in conjunction with the storm. -- nm - Krusty Aug 11, 17:23 1
      - Not a derecho. It was tropical storms/hurricanes that joined up. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:24
    - Could be. It was hell in DC area. The cause was a heatwave, so, we were living in the same heatwave with no power. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:23 5
      - Ugh! No A/C in a heat wave is my nightmare. I've been bitching about Con Ed recently because of power outages. - Krusty Aug 11, 17:27 4
        
        Here's the story about the derecho. I was definitely posting that night and so was Max. It was SCARY. The most violent thunderstorm I ever saw. - loosilu Aug 11, 17:34 2
        
        Damn! That sounds so bad and when it was 104 is just awful. - Krusty Aug 11, 17:48 1
        
        we definitely talked about it here, but it's natural to forget if you weren't affected. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:52
        
        When I say heat wave, I mean 100 and humid as a bathtub. I've been thru NYC heat waves too. They suck in different ways. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:28
Everyone who lived in the Midatlantic in 2012. -- nm - loosilu Aug 11, 17:11

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