Devastating Iowa Derecho 2020 - Touring Cedar Rapids Aftermath
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2020
- On August 10, 2020 a storm of historic proportions roared its way across the midwest - coined as the Inland Hurricane, the Iowa Hurricane, and the Great Midwest Derecho of 2020. This derecho produced estimated wind speeds of 140 mph while the highest measured wind speed was 126 mph near Atkins, IA - equivalent to a Category 3 Hurricane.
Eastern Iowa (particularly Cedar Rapids) was the hardest hit region. Hundreds of thousands of trees were uprooted and destroyed, majority of homes missing siding, shingles, and entire sections of roof. An estimated 95% of residents lost power and those lucky enough to find generators used them for weeks after the storm had passed. Millions of acres of corn and soybeans were flattened in the storm's wake, and silos crushed by the wind like pop cans.
I witnessed the storm pass into the Chicago metro region, some significant wind gusts but nowhere near as strong as what Iowa had experienced. I was born in Cedar Rapids, IA, both my parents grew up there so I had to make a trip and see the damage with my own eyes.
For those interested in donating to help the people of Cedar Rapids please see the link here: www.gcrcf.org
Song: Cedar Rapids Smile by Dave Rowley
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The costliest thunderstorm in US history, and wind speeds recorded at 140 MPH at its peak in CR, this thing was a monster
It was one for the history books, Iowa will rebuild!
With little or no media coverage. Marion had a lot of damage but the city did a great job on the clean up. My home in Cedar Rapids was missed on the 1st round of debris pickup and on the 2nd round so my front yard has been piled high with tree debris for 7 months.
@@marilynegli1779 sorry to hear you still have tree debris. Have you tried calling a service to assist now that the snow has melted?
It was actually 140 mph estimated, but NWS Quad Cities thinks it was likely a bit more than that, possibly to 156 mph! Winds were measured to 126 mph in Atkins.
@@progenitor_amborella
Yea no, definitely no 156mph.
But 140 mph estimated gust is definitely accurate. Since that is enough to blow off exterior walls and entire roofs off of sub built structures.
Opening scenes with wind chimes blowing gently in the breeze.. brilliant. Wasn't long after the storm started before the experts were saying 'this may be the 'costliest storm in history.' Wind bag events they call them. Always strikes me that connection Iowans have with that ground. Stewards of the land for generations. The Grief in this film remains palpable .. But that grief would never stop the loving clean up. but still...the magnitude.
Thanks, I'm glad you caught that. I wanted to capture how dynamic the wind can be: a gentle breeze creating beautiful music and at other times a destructive force to be reckoned with.
From the looks of damage I've seen in other videos, I'm seriously surprised winds in that derecho weren't clocked at even 175 mph, 200 even.
I recorded this storm from the southwestern Michigan area where I live. It definitely wasn't bad in my area, but I definitely remember. I was coming home from work when I got caught in this storm. I have a friend that lives by Cedar Rapids and a few other friends that live between Chicago and Milwaukee that had called me to tell me that storm was bad and coming through. I didn't realize Cedar Rapids and other areas in eastern Iowa had it bad until a week later.
What *is* that clanging??
Wind chimes
@@GetmeouttahereErik - I thought so, but I didn't see any hanging in your car, LOL!
@@lilsuzq32 Haha it’s all for effect, I thought about teasing with a short clip at the end - the actual wind chime I sound recorded. I will say it has a cameo in the video hanging from a tree...bit of an Easter egg.
@@GetmeouttahereErik - I'll look for it - that'll be fun! (Hey, I'm retired, this is what I do for amusement these days.) All I can say is that the movie "Twister" kept running through my mind there for a few minutes 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@lilsuzq32 No tornado footage yet, but I’m fascinated with storms and the lives of storm chasers.
"Oh! Neat! This looks like a good video!"
*wind chimes*
"Fucking hell."
Why the wind chimes? I'm a minute and change in and annoyed. Feel horrible for the people who lived through it. But stopped watching it!
Yes I have, Lincoln, NE July 8, 1993
Such a sad site. Terrible for property owners, but can be built back. The huge beautiful trees can’t be replaced , how sad.
Cedar Rapids will bounce back!
Oak and maple, that's what they do.
I'm where a Cat 5 hurricane went through in '18. We lost 80 million trees, fully 80% of the trees. This is a tree agricultural area plus soft wood pines are everywhere anyway.
There are no oaks left. Any left standing have been cut by homeowners due to they caused the most damage to homes, Root balls that wouldn't fit intact in dump trucks, 15-18 feet across. And the piles on the streets and hiways, twice as high as in this vid with breaks only at driveways and cross streets. Riding in 4X4s you couldn't see the houses, just the blue tarped roofs. 1 house in 10 blocks without a blue tarp. Some people will never have a tree taller than their single story rain gutters-palm trees only kept cut short.
We had sustained winds of 167 mph, gusts 179 documented, an entire train that was stopped, laid on it's side, every car.
we are just chilling in cedar rapids
31:00 I drive that road almost every day,
I hope your home made it alright. My grandma used to live in that neighborhood so I have a lot of memories of that road as well.
Why are you playing bells in the background? It seems to be a little odd and a little sleepy too for me is putting me to sleep
It’s the sound of wind chimes, I wanted to capture the contrast between the beauty of wind vs the destruction of wind. In hindsight I should have edited the bells a little softer sounding, but I love the idea wind can create music when it’s gentle and destroy cities when it’s aggressive.
Storm and destruction, no matter what the mail delivers. @ the mailman in the beginning.
That mid century modern low dresser and tallboy chest can be restored. 1960s.
We drove around Iowa and rescued over 250 bedroom sets and restored them.
I did a small video of the aftermath of this too. CR was really wrecked.
RDC Tarantula Never seen anything like it at such a widespread scale. Thankfully the people of Cedar Rapids are resilient and the community will bounce back strong!
I realize it is kinda off topic but does anybody know a good place to watch newly released series online?
@Cohen Harley i would suggest flixzone. You can find it on google =)
@Micah Rowen Yea, been using flixzone for months myself =)
@Micah Rowen Thank you, signed up and it seems like a nice service :) Appreciate it!!
the one ironic thing from this is that linesmen just finished upgrading the power poles near Kirkwood community college to those really tall power poles not even a month before the derecho came through and knocked every single one over. oh not to mention one of the huge metal truss was blown over not far from the nuclear powerplant
Wait, there’s a nuclear power plant near Cedar Rapids?
@@GetmeouttahereErik yea the duane arnold energy center near Palo its currently in the process of shutting down for good as we speak
@@bodes_26 This is incredible! I had no idea, just did a quick wikipedia read. This is (was) the only nuclear power plant in the entire state of Iowa. The cooling towers were damaged during the derecho and the costs to repair outweighed the profits for continuing energy production. Looks like the plant was outdated and they were planning to close sometime in the next several years but the derecho was the nail in the coffin. Fascinating, thanks for sharing! Iowa is now nuclearless...
@@GetmeouttahereErik lol yea instead of October it shut down in August now we just wait for obviously slower then usual decommissioning. Oh and now bet linn county may sell off some of the now ex daec sirens for repairing the wounded cities which I wouldn't be Suprised that $2 billion or more of the $7.5 billion in total damage costs is in linn county alone.
@@bodes_26 The rumor is they thinking about making it a solar energy site don't know if it is true or not but that is the rumor
I witnessed the storm, I heard Cedar Rapids had a butt-load of damage, but seeing this damage? This looks like a fierce hurricane was shoved up from Florida into Iowa and the rest of the Midwest, This thing was scary, We possibly lost a few lives in this storm, It's sad to think how natural disasters can kill people, And not being prepared before one hits can be devastating, and with the 19 going around, I don't think anyone was prepared for this storm, Ending up with hundreds without power, and those special needs kids and adults who need electricity! Think of them! Their lives were in danger due to the storm. This is proof you need to be prepared if something like this happens again. Thank god for the power plant getting shut down, Or we'd be dead right now! (Hopefully we will never see another Chernobyl-Threat level in the future due to us understanding a teensy bit more)
The rain was fly sideways, S I D E W A Y S, It's scary on how mother nature can cause many things that destroy places.
Moral of this story:
*You are never safe*
you will never find anywhere safe
Due to storms, tornadoes, earth quakes, volcanoes.
(sorry if this moral is scary, but it is true!)
My neighborhood was hit hard
Sorry to hear this, hopefully you are able to bounce back stronger in 2021!
@@GetmeouttahereErik we have power and WiFi back after a week since it happened
@@GetmeouttahereErik I live in Hiawatha
Mate,I don't know what you do for a job,but you should be in the media,as a reporter or in radio maybe reading news or the like??
Thanks - Civil engineer as main job but people have told me that before, always loved journalism.
My adventure with woodworking started with Woodglut.
We drove around Iowa and rescued over 250 antique bedroom sets in pieces of furniture