8-10-2020 WOI Des Monies Derecho Coverage

On August 10, 2020, a large and intense line of thunderstorms known as a "derecho" swept across much of the Midwest producing wind damage to an area more than 90,000 square miles. The derecho resulted in $11.5B worth of damage, making it the COSTLIEST known thunderstorm event in modern U.S. history. Peak wind gusts topped 140 mph in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and at least 26 tornadoes were spawned by the storm. More than 20,000,000 people lived in the damage footprint of the derecho, with at least 1,000,000 customers losing power -- some for more than 2 weeks. Numerous injuries were counted after the storm, and four people lost their lives.
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[@just_kos99]

I flew over Iowa the day after this, and the pilot told us to put our seatbelts on. I didn't know why, of course. I'm a weather geek, and when I got home to Ohio I learned about this big system and thought, OH, that's why we had to put on our belts! There must've been the potential for elevated turbulence is all I figured.

[@AarronWeets]

1:13:10 I sent that to Channel 5 and it made air!

[@AarronWeets]

1:10:52