Cedar Rapids Derecho Live Camera Aug 10, 2020

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  • Опубликовано: 14 авг 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.

Комментарии • 16 тыс.

  • @sporepics
    @sporepics 3 года назад +5286

    Gym teachers: the weather is fine we're going outside.

  • @repnatl
    @repnatl 3 года назад +15721

    I wanna know where they bought that bird feeder from. Solid.

    • @donaldpuckett7545
      @donaldpuckett7545 3 года назад +748

      Its behind the wall. Only reason it had a chance...if the wall wasnt there, bye bye bird feeder .

    • @jcrefasi1
      @jcrefasi1 3 года назад +346

      @@donaldpuckett7545 it offers very little,if any, wind resistance

    • @brandicrawford6060
      @brandicrawford6060 3 года назад +40

      Donald Puckett Oop-

    • @donaldpuckett7545
      @donaldpuckett7545 3 года назад +204

      @@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.

    • @Sara-L
      @Sara-L 3 года назад +177

      Probably from Ikea.

  • @forceinfinity
    @forceinfinity Год назад +198

    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.

    • @mikezylstra7514
      @mikezylstra7514 2 месяца назад +6

      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.

    • @johnjeffrey3660
      @johnjeffrey3660 22 дня назад

      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.

    • @kelcritcarroll
      @kelcritcarroll 6 дней назад

      True!😁👍🏻

  • @cartwrightworm1317
    @cartwrightworm1317 Год назад +123

    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.

    • @YankeeDoodle2
      @YankeeDoodle2 7 дней назад

      Sit on the porch during a tornado be a man

    • @meyague
      @meyague 6 дней назад +1

      ​@@YankeeDoodle2 you're 12 years old

    • @casdragon_5939
      @casdragon_5939 5 дней назад

      @@YankeeDoodle2 most of us in the Midwest do lmao

  • @bruh8054
    @bruh8054 3 года назад +3649

    My parents: we walked through this every morning to get to school

    • @lonniekiser3612
      @lonniekiser3612 3 года назад +151

      LOL ,U RIGHT AND TO WALK 3 OR 4 MILES TO SCHOOL ,UP HILL BOTH COMING AND GOING.

    • @mc4492
      @mc4492 3 года назад +165

      You forgot "In the snow”...😂🤣👍🏼

    • @xXBuckOFiveXx
      @xXBuckOFiveXx 3 года назад +99

      Back in my day...

    • @pocketslife8963
      @pocketslife8963 3 года назад +12

      Damm 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @Evil_Teddy
      @Evil_Teddy 3 года назад +53

      While their mom was beatin' their butt and putting the fear of god in them the whole way.

  • @vinylscratch596
    @vinylscratch596 3 года назад +2223

    My therapist: Don’t watch things that trigger your anxiety
    Me: *looking up natural disaster footage*

    • @hyewonity
      @hyewonity 3 года назад +83

      SAME I ALWAYS WATCH TORNADO VIDEOS

    • @vinylscratch596
      @vinylscratch596 3 года назад +12

      vintagloe I don’t know why but I’ve always loved watching them lmao it’s so cool

    • @vinylscratch596
      @vinylscratch596 3 года назад +2

      ガチャA I S L I N G holy crap I hope you guys get that back soon..

    • @morganjanelle4282
      @morganjanelle4282 3 года назад +12

      @@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: ruclips.net/video/Szwd-0tatdo/видео.html
      A man & his teenage daughter take cover in their basement as a tornado levels homes behind them & almost knocks theirs down, too: ruclips.net/video/vzdVDnaVNL8/видео.html
      Motorists are forced to hide under an overpass as a tornado passes over their heads. (This one was on Maury Povich): ruclips.net/video/lHBZylcxIvw/видео.html
      A brother & sister are making a "smoothie challenge" video when a tornado hits: ruclips.net/video/CPTy-KQhn1k/видео.html
      5 minute Compilation of tornadoes hitting: ruclips.net/video/LpxEAfceh_c/видео.html

    • @skxptical6446
      @skxptical6446 3 года назад

      exactly

  • @jennaolson7651
    @jennaolson7651 Год назад +219

    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.

    • @tyrtle7081
      @tyrtle7081 Год назад +12

      more than a year haha, it's still ongoing cleaning up debris.

    • @Littlething41
      @Littlething41 11 месяцев назад +4

      Aww man and didn't Covid just start too 😢

    • @jennaolson7651
      @jennaolson7651 11 месяцев назад +8

      @@Littlething41 indeed! 2020 was especially rough around here

    • @zex450
      @zex450 11 месяцев назад

      There will be more derecho storms like this one. Climate change at its finest.

    • @laurahunter6377
      @laurahunter6377 11 месяцев назад +1

      My husband's family is all from Cedar Rapids. Had to watch the video.

  • @PraisingWithFriends
    @PraisingWithFriends Месяц назад +6

    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.

  • @esco5593
    @esco5593 3 года назад +933

    Bosses be like: you're still on your way to work rn right?

    • @rockyroad2143
      @rockyroad2143 3 года назад +58

      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.

    • @ariebeckham5188
      @ariebeckham5188 3 года назад +6

      Lol

    • @HeyHrach
      @HeyHrach 3 года назад +28

      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!

    • @claudiaartola4051
      @claudiaartola4051 3 года назад +7

      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.

    • @MannyFresh1x
      @MannyFresh1x 3 года назад +20

      >Boss my car got swept away in the tornado
      >Mass transit is running right? Catch the bus!

  • @vasmajority45
    @vasmajority45 3 года назад +1078

    That bird feeder ad was almost 30 minutes long.

  • @thunder9857
    @thunder9857 9 месяцев назад +43

    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.

    • @sserpxeadnap
      @sserpxeadnap 8 месяцев назад +2

      I moved to Astoria a year and a half ago and the people here still talk about that storm frequently. Unbelievable stuff.

    • @BineshiikweManitowabi
      @BineshiikweManitowabi 2 месяца назад +3

      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.

    • @raresnowwolf1367
      @raresnowwolf1367 2 месяца назад

      this is false you can clearly hear the weather alert state that "the nws in the twin cities"

    • @trishpeyton6052
      @trishpeyton6052 2 месяца назад +1

      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.

    • @dbyers3897
      @dbyers3897 Месяц назад

      @@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.

  • @not.adammmm101
    @not.adammmm101 9 месяцев назад +55

    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

    • @mariebee3146
      @mariebee3146 8 дней назад +2

      Wish I would've seen your comment before watching.

    • @goodBonnie819
      @goodBonnie819 2 дня назад +1

      this is so true (because it is)
      l
      v

  • @DC-fo3bn
    @DC-fo3bn 3 года назад +481

    Whoever installed that bird feeder deserves a nobel prize.

    • @danielcastro6644
      @danielcastro6644 3 года назад +14

      Not really it was protected from the wind by the house

    • @KrystleGourjuss
      @KrystleGourjuss 3 года назад +3

      D C 🤣🤣🤣

    • @oceansidecaliboy5769
      @oceansidecaliboy5769 3 года назад +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯

    • @tomj4406
      @tomj4406 3 года назад +1

      it's wrought iron, lol.

    • @ilxmilo9375
      @ilxmilo9375 3 года назад

      Well dand hire them to build one ppl can fit in 💀 #1 worlds best shelter

  • @mcgrubbermd2611
    @mcgrubbermd2611 2 года назад +3761

    Never been so emotionally attached to a pine tree before

    • @carolynparsons5066
      @carolynparsons5066 2 года назад +246

      I felt bad that was a beautiful tree.

    • @SA-xd1du
      @SA-xd1du 2 года назад +113

      I was feeling the same; such a shame🌲

    • @jo-joal3791
      @jo-joal3791 2 года назад +103

      That’s a fir tree by the way.

    • @rorymenard4278
      @rorymenard4278 2 года назад +35

      It was preeety like heck

    • @rorymenard4278
      @rorymenard4278 2 года назад +35

      The tree was pretty

  • @osiris0413
    @osiris0413 Год назад +25

    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.

  • @Gregory_TheWatchman
    @Gregory_TheWatchman 11 месяцев назад +9

    @ 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.

  • @tiagocampos9824
    @tiagocampos9824 3 года назад +3663

    Emergency broadcasts give me more anxiety than the disasters themselves

    • @princesspeachy2792
      @princesspeachy2792 3 года назад +86

      Omggg yessss

    • @johnhaines4530
      @johnhaines4530 3 года назад +39

      LMFAO 🤣👍

    • @bipolarchick8011
      @bipolarchick8011 3 года назад +177

      I always think of a zombie apocalypse when I hear that 😂

    • @kevinreid6413
      @kevinreid6413 3 года назад +268

      Yeah they design them to trigger your senses and they sure do work.

    • @Zephei
      @Zephei 3 года назад +136

      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).

  • @jona_le_mus
    @jona_le_mus 3 года назад +544

    Trees break in half, trees get ripped from their roots but that gosh dang bird feeder man.

    • @rotten2209
      @rotten2209 3 года назад +1

      @James
      Its not his fault that stupid people say and ask stupid things.

    • @willieray9938
      @willieray9938 3 года назад +2

      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 .

    • @mikegallant811
      @mikegallant811 10 дней назад

      That sucker was staked in wicked tight.

  • @WhisperingPeace
    @WhisperingPeace 10 месяцев назад +20

    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. 🙏

  • @jenniferbeyer6412
    @jenniferbeyer6412 3 месяца назад +7

    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.

    • @keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34
      @keltic341thoughtyouknuskii34 2 месяца назад +1

      No. Much less damaging wind than a strong tornado but over a larger area.

    • @sebastiannguyen8269
      @sebastiannguyen8269 8 дней назад

      Depends on how big the tornado is like if we talking a mile long nados it basically game over for the whole neighborhood.

    • @casdragon_5939
      @casdragon_5939 5 дней назад

      no way, tornadoes are way worse

  • @dzzy7034
    @dzzy7034 3 года назад +904

    My mom: “You need to get off that stupid phone and go outside”
    Outside:

    • @HighestRank
      @HighestRank 3 года назад +2

      An autistic girl did that, and she died.

    • @53bas
      @53bas 3 года назад +5

      @@HighestRank tf

    • @haikalsyazwan2827
      @haikalsyazwan2827 3 года назад +7

      @@53bas he's right

    • @jocelynflores5233
      @jocelynflores5233 3 года назад +1

      Rýán Túçk How?

    • @haikalsyazwan2827
      @haikalsyazwan2827 3 года назад +3

      @@jocelynflores5233 actually, if you know the aesthetic people or you are an aesthetic people.. You will understand.

  • @Dyrnwyn
    @Dyrnwyn 3 года назад +1668

    Someone left the house's turn signal on.

    • @VibeXplorer
      @VibeXplorer 3 года назад +69

      Evan E I was thinking the same thing! Grandfather clock...

    • @BlinkinFirefly
      @BlinkinFirefly 3 года назад +13

      lollll! yeah, what is that?

    • @shammydammy2610
      @shammydammy2610 3 года назад +28

      @@BlinkinFirefly It's a clock

    • @ands1894
      @ands1894 3 года назад +32

      Yup. So friggin annoying.

    • @macforme
      @macforme 3 года назад +12

      It was probably a UPS for the computer. They beep when they are on but not getting power.

  • @IAmNumber4000
    @IAmNumber4000 3 месяца назад +3

    I know it sounds selfish / shortsighted but I LOVE the idea of being cozy inside with some hot choccy during a genuinely scary storm

    • @GrumpyMeow-Meow
      @GrumpyMeow-Meow Месяц назад

      Except you’re not guaranteed safe. My sisters roof blew off in a derecho.

    • @IAmNumber4000
      @IAmNumber4000 Месяц назад

      @@GrumpyMeow-Meow I know, the danger makes it feel even more cozy. So long as your roof isn't blowing off, anyways

    • @meyague
      @meyague 6 дней назад

      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.

  • @RastaRider
    @RastaRider 3 месяца назад +6

    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 🌴

  • @yuGtahT
    @yuGtahT 3 года назад +997

    I was rooting for every tree.

  • @vipprman
    @vipprman 3 года назад +686

    "How's the weather, Ollie?"
    "It's raining sideways!!"
    "Thanks, Ollie."

    • @DevilChanUwU
      @DevilChanUwU 3 года назад +16

      How does this not have more likes. This comment made me loose my shit at 2 in the morning😂😂😂😂😂

    • @paulcavigliano6388
      @paulcavigliano6388 3 года назад +21

      @@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?

    • @heffaazul
      @heffaazul 3 года назад +15

      It's gone rain!!!

    • @hansheinrich700
      @hansheinrich700 3 года назад +4

      underrated af

    • @quag1481
      @quag1481 3 года назад +31

      “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”

  • @Masked_Chaos
    @Masked_Chaos Год назад +6

    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.

  • @Riververchi
    @Riververchi 10 месяцев назад +7

    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...

  • @MR.JUN1188
    @MR.JUN1188 3 года назад +3210

    I want a relationship strong as that bird feeder..

    • @AuriForda
      @AuriForda 3 года назад +33

      😄😄🙏

    • @simonacorleone7581
      @simonacorleone7581 3 года назад +17

      ☝️😃

    • @leaf2180
      @leaf2180 3 года назад +13

      @@mygodjesus1229 I'm just gonna start reporting these comments as spam

    • @Devrimapak
      @Devrimapak 3 года назад +10

      People who says like this leave first lol

    • @joeblazo6412
      @joeblazo6412 3 года назад +2

      Oof

  • @HappyFlapps
    @HappyFlapps 3 года назад +587

    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.

    • @noahjohnson7950
      @noahjohnson7950 3 года назад +29

      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.

    • @InspectorSplatter
      @InspectorSplatter 3 года назад +15

      I read this comment before watching the video and thought the wind took their neighbors house away

    • @sarandOnoohlala
      @sarandOnoohlala 3 года назад +3

      Absolutely.

    • @samaiyahblack3245
      @samaiyahblack3245 3 года назад +8

      With all those trees snapping, I wonder if any damages was caused to the vehicles across the street.

    • @sbrecke1507
      @sbrecke1507 3 года назад +2

      Soooooooo scary😮

  • @TitaniumTurbine
    @TitaniumTurbine 10 месяцев назад +94

    *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.

    • @kaykay1kc
      @kaykay1kc 10 месяцев назад +1

      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

    • @Shire_The_ChegarmanSTC
      @Shire_The_ChegarmanSTC 8 месяцев назад +1

      Think it’s a smoke alarm actually

    • @fiorettiduseigneurcapybara2492
      @fiorettiduseigneurcapybara2492 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@PMFD99say this to yourself

    • @RairakkuMushi
      @RairakkuMushi 8 месяцев назад +2

      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.

    • @CrazyWeatherDude
      @CrazyWeatherDude 6 месяцев назад

      16:17 that gust was near a Category 4. The wind looked like 130 mph and in areas got to 140 mph.

  • @KeneticElectric75
    @KeneticElectric75 Год назад +107

    I am most impressed with the fact they kept power as long as they did, that first gust would’ve knocked ours out immediately

    • @jaydenleckpa8381
      @jaydenleckpa8381 Год назад +2

      Same

    • @thebestplayerdead956
      @thebestplayerdead956 Год назад +2

      Tell me you’re r from the hood without telling me you’re from the hood

    • @Weather_Nerd
      @Weather_Nerd Год назад +1

      @@thebestplayerdead956 How some places are, nothing to do with the “hood” lol. California foothills are a prime example

    • @thebestplayerdead956
      @thebestplayerdead956 Год назад

      @@Weather_Nerd true, I just said that cuz we had a storm a couple weeks ago and our hood lost all its power.

    • @HotRodCVO
      @HotRodCVO Год назад

      Underground vs overhead utilities

  • @kayla3972
    @kayla3972 3 года назад +1369

    That was such a pretty tree in front of your house. Shame.

    • @admyc853
      @admyc853 3 года назад +87

      My thought as well and for all the trees and the animals that called them home ☹️😞

    • @lumi2798
      @lumi2798 3 года назад +10

      They can always put it back up. I'm sure mother nature didn't mind

    • @scotthayes5933
      @scotthayes5933 3 года назад +4

      Mother Nature destroys everything.

    • @jennieross6685
      @jennieross6685 3 года назад +14

      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.

    • @leaf2180
      @leaf2180 3 года назад +8

      @@scotthayes5933 yeah it's mother nature that's destroying everything 🤣😂

  • @corpsealex
    @corpsealex 3 года назад +448

    RUclips algorithm: So you might be wondering why I've gathered you all here today...

    • @abellator7560
      @abellator7560 3 года назад +9

      Seriously yesterday my feed was politics, viking rock, and computer reviewers. Today all derecho vids

    • @ThunderRoad1
      @ThunderRoad1 3 года назад +4

      Every once in a while a comment just makes me full blown chuckle.

    • @ammrro
      @ammrro 3 года назад +1

      That's funny

    • @eastcoastguy7914
      @eastcoastguy7914 3 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jahkgdm
      @jahkgdm 3 года назад

      Algorithms of oppression 🙈🙊

  • @leonbrooks7734
    @leonbrooks7734 3 месяца назад +3

    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!!

  • @AmyAnnLand
    @AmyAnnLand 8 месяцев назад +4

    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 😢

  • @dianaf1669
    @dianaf1669 3 года назад +1630

    Husband: Honey, I have good news and bad news.
    Wife: What's the bad news?
    Husband: All our trees are gone.
    Wife: (sighs) Well, what's the good news?
    Husband: We still have the bird feeder.

    • @hfarthingt
      @hfarthingt 3 года назад +71

      Ha was expecting the good news to be: All the neighbors are gone too

    • @floydlooney6837
      @floydlooney6837 3 года назад +11

      and apparently the power was out too

    • @roryisaac721
      @roryisaac721 3 года назад +6

      Henry Farthington lmao

    • @katelynnmcmillan2625
      @katelynnmcmillan2625 3 года назад +1

      HAHAHAHAH

    • @michaeldonoghue9015
      @michaeldonoghue9015 3 года назад +33

      “Honey, you remember that tree you really hate out front?”

  • @chordsforchrist1920
    @chordsforchrist1920 3 года назад +493

    Everything else: falls down
    Bird feeder: did you feel something?

  • @bingbong9844
    @bingbong9844 Год назад +2

    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)

  • @Kyle7K
    @Kyle7K 7 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @karpaslatka5734
    @karpaslatka5734 3 года назад +437

    Every tree: gone
    Bird feeder: still standing

    • @FoxyLunatic
      @FoxyLunatic 3 года назад +11

      At least the birds will still have some food to eat while looking for new homes. 🐦

    • @jadedodson5746
      @jadedodson5746 3 года назад +2

      Ikr I was so confused 😂

    • @garyjohnson1392
      @garyjohnson1392 3 года назад +2

      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...?

    • @tomj4406
      @tomj4406 3 года назад +8

      low wind resistance + wrought iron.
      a moment of silence for the fallen trees.
      losing decades old trees ain't cool.

    • @phamnguyen1795
      @phamnguyen1795 3 года назад

      Was was was waiting

  • @onjy1315
    @onjy1315 3 года назад +784

    See you guys in 5 years when this gets recommended again!

  • @MrMarmaduke09
    @MrMarmaduke09 10 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @ThesmartestTem
    @ThesmartestTem 3 года назад +524

    Retail store manager be like: "you're still coming into work"

    • @emilyncrabbe3681
      @emilyncrabbe3681 3 года назад +16

      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.

    • @potatosalad4779
      @potatosalad4779 3 года назад +24

      @@emilyncrabbe3681 Awful that there are people making you go to work even with this kind of weather.

    • @poohvie2513
      @poohvie2513 3 года назад +2

      Healthcare also.

    • @roguelead72
      @roguelead72 3 года назад +18

      @@poohvie2513 Healthcare's necessary, retail really isn't.

    • @victoriagreenfield5781
      @victoriagreenfield5781 3 года назад +9

      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,

  • @leaf2180
    @leaf2180 3 года назад +2572

    Darn. I was cheering for that beautifully shaped spruce tree. Rip

    • @melkeekiper3293
      @melkeekiper3293 3 года назад +111

      Same! I gasped when it fell 😢

    • @Clickumentary
      @Clickumentary 3 года назад +65

      I've never seen a gust that violent

    • @joymelcher3811
      @joymelcher3811 3 года назад +28

      Lol right??! Pretty sad.

    • @SomeHoosier
      @SomeHoosier 3 года назад +74

      Whoa, hey, spoiler alert please!
      Rest in pieces, trees.

    • @lesafleet5350
      @lesafleet5350 3 года назад +35

      Poor tree 🤦🏽‍♀️

  • @Kpoole35
    @Kpoole35 Год назад +2

    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

  • @marter2006
    @marter2006 Год назад +6

    In only 14 minutes, everything goes from beautiful and calm to chaotic and dangerous

  • @phaethonprime6427
    @phaethonprime6427 3 года назад +555

    Mother Nature: and you get a branch! and you get a branch! and you get a branch!

    • @sassyfras4085
      @sassyfras4085 3 года назад +11

      Lol, cute...liked that!

    • @kytown4248
      @kytown4248 3 года назад +5

      lolol that was actually funny

    • @asurans34
      @asurans34 3 года назад +15

      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!

    • @jamiconroy7841
      @jamiconroy7841 3 года назад +10

      @@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....

    • @asurans34
      @asurans34 3 года назад +2

      Jami Conroy Indeed she did! 😂

  • @RIXRADvidz
    @RIXRADvidz 3 года назад +384

    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.

    • @Slayyyter_bitxh
      @Slayyyter_bitxh 3 года назад +7

      That poor tree was pretty solid tho

    • @janicedrew5304
      @janicedrew5304 3 года назад

      @@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.

    • @silviaperdue2996
      @silviaperdue2996 3 года назад

      Dev Ram that was a sad moment. Beautiful tree 😥

    • @silviaperdue2996
      @silviaperdue2996 3 года назад

      Devastating 😥

    • @bethmulligan2588
      @bethmulligan2588 3 года назад +1

      I cried when it snapped

  • @matthewthebluey-brony-trai8006
    @matthewthebluey-brony-trai8006 7 дней назад +1

    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.

  • @valeriag8205
    @valeriag8205 10 месяцев назад +2

    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

  • @laggyfilms4768
    @laggyfilms4768 3 года назад +797

    “It’s just a gust” *BOY WERE THEY WRONG*

    • @beccas.7762
      @beccas.7762 3 года назад +12

      Black knight: It's just a flesh wound.

    • @morganjanelle4282
      @morganjanelle4282 3 года назад +2

      @@beccas.7762 At first, I thought you were referencing Jeff Dunham's "Achmed the Dead Terrorist": ruclips.net/video/GBvfiCdk-jc/видео.html Start @ 1:50 😂

    • @essboxx1473
      @essboxx1473 3 года назад +1

      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 😂😂😥

    • @essboxx1473
      @essboxx1473 3 года назад +4

      80 mph 💨 wind here = a new part in your hair = for a few days.

    • @DragonProtector174
      @DragonProtector174 3 года назад

      Probably thought the radio was fake news

  • @Adidas1037
    @Adidas1037 3 года назад +520

    The trees: are falling down violently
    The bird feeder: ahh, nice weather outside, eh?

    • @turbkeysamdwich1880
      @turbkeysamdwich1880 3 года назад +8

      That’s what I was looking at the whole time.

    • @sparkyman4155
      @sparkyman4155 3 года назад +8

      Fucking mint👌that thing solid

    • @plaguedvenice
      @plaguedvenice 3 года назад

      it was being protected by the house, the wind went up against the home and the bird feeder was in a safe pocket

    • @Stevekolenshnikoff
      @Stevekolenshnikoff 3 года назад +1

      Found the Canadian

    • @Arizaniac
      @Arizaniac 3 года назад

      When the bird feeder can withstand a tornado but not a squirrel

  • @dirtbikerplay11
    @dirtbikerplay11 2 месяца назад +1

    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

  • @guitarmann4121
    @guitarmann4121 10 месяцев назад +2

    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.

  • @pi-jichuu6347
    @pi-jichuu6347 3 года назад +326

    The anxiety I felt for the people just driving by I'm over here watching yelling "Go faster get home!"

    • @ghostcityshelton9378
      @ghostcityshelton9378 3 года назад +10

      They get home to find it's blown away. Opps!

    • @Vegasshubby
      @Vegasshubby 3 года назад +4

      Same

    • @gracebilling6920
      @gracebilling6920 3 года назад +4

      Same I would have ran outside to make them come in my house

    • @observingeye9579
      @observingeye9579 3 года назад +1

      @@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.

    • @stardustdreams234
      @stardustdreams234 3 года назад +3

      I'd be hauling ass for real lol

  • @jimmynationss
    @jimmynationss 3 года назад +595

    “It’s just a gust.” *Trees falling over*

  • @ViewpointUnique
    @ViewpointUnique Год назад +1

    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.

  • @axiom2472
    @axiom2472 6 месяцев назад

    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.

  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird 3 года назад +2201

    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.

    • @OOO_BARRACUDAAA
      @OOO_BARRACUDAAA 3 года назад +61

      😞 aw. I would have to agree!

    • @Bitzy
      @Bitzy 3 года назад +59

      CR most 50% of its canopy- the around of 100’s of years old trees we lost is just really really sad

    • @ellebelle6439
      @ellebelle6439 3 года назад +19

      My thoughts exactly! It's really sad

    • @mkseed9188
      @mkseed9188 3 года назад +33

      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.

    • @kizmomma7009
      @kizmomma7009 3 года назад +46

      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.

  • @SeanAFoXy
    @SeanAFoXy 3 года назад +1930

    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.

    • @davidhaley7053
      @davidhaley7053 3 года назад +31

      Agreed

    • @B.McAllister
      @B.McAllister 3 года назад +23

      Minus the chewing of gum.

    • @tomj4406
      @tomj4406 3 года назад +21

      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.

    • @kimananaevitian2865
      @kimananaevitian2865 3 года назад +32

      Exactly. This video is honestly one of the best I’ve seen so far!

    • @dharmaofdog7676
      @dharmaofdog7676 3 года назад +28

      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.

  • @haleslyons
    @haleslyons 8 месяцев назад +2

    That hanging planter stand held on for dear life. What a champion.

  • @itatsuuchiha96
    @itatsuuchiha96 8 месяцев назад +1

    Ive experienced two of these. Its insane. As soon as that sky gets dark and the wind picks up get in the house.

  • @ABCCBAdrome-dq2gj
    @ABCCBAdrome-dq2gj 3 года назад +204

    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 !

    • @chefbillybaroo2056
      @chefbillybaroo2056 3 года назад +5

      Those Carpenters kicked ass for sure!!!!

    • @teezee2413
      @teezee2413 3 года назад +8

      RIP little evergreen 🌲

    • @swagtronreviewchannel5871
      @swagtronreviewchannel5871 3 года назад +3

      I know right? Those houses didn’t move an inch

    • @NostalgiCrazy
      @NostalgiCrazy 3 года назад +1

      @@teezee2413 Made me sad and wonder how long it lived 😞

    • @dergluckliche4973
      @dergluckliche4973 3 года назад

      Those houses definitely weren't built by lowest bid dumpster fires D.R. Horrible or Lennar.

  • @not.bryan.76
    @not.bryan.76 3 года назад +648

    “It’s just a gust”
    Mother Nature: hold my beer

    • @sonmychest2757
      @sonmychest2757 3 года назад +5

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

    • @leaf2180
      @leaf2180 3 года назад +8

      @@sirphew4941 she can't predict the future yknow. In her defense, the winds did die down for awhile. Wasn't til like 10 minutes in that it really picked up

    • @xxxxxDUSTYxxxxx
      @xxxxxDUSTYxxxxx 3 года назад +4

      Oh look, another “meme” comment!! How original!!

    • @jessicadee1753
      @jessicadee1753 3 года назад +2

      😅😂😂😂

    • @not.bryan.76
      @not.bryan.76 3 года назад +1

      Ryan Fisher as original as your taste in music? Yea, I saw your playlists

  • @BananaSplits
    @BananaSplits 9 месяцев назад +2

    ..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.

  • @susanfromthemountains1754
    @susanfromthemountains1754 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @pooflespoofu
    @pooflespoofu 3 года назад +380

    I got a little teary eyed when your evergreen snapped

    • @sovlsoar1014
      @sovlsoar1014 3 года назад +25

      Same it was so pretty!

    • @audreyelizabeth2370
      @audreyelizabeth2370 3 года назад +12

      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

    • @nonenoneonenonenone
      @nonenoneonenonenone 3 года назад +11

      I was thinking the elm across the street would make it, but five minutes later, gone, too.

    • @sallumetta5620
      @sallumetta5620 3 года назад +2

      Do the Brady Bunch live across the street?

    • @albertcortez100
      @albertcortez100 3 года назад +8

      Me too, I was rooting for it, I thought the house was protecting it. Then all of a sudden bang! It was so lovely 😧

  • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
    @WouldntULikeToKnow. 3 года назад +369

    A few minutes in: oh, I'll just watch for a few more minutes
    30 minutes later: holy crap

    • @OnePulsar
      @OnePulsar 3 года назад +1

      Same here! Hope everyone was ok.

    • @pumbaaco1
      @pumbaaco1 3 года назад +4

      I've lived in Cedar Rapids my whole life and I never experienced anything like this in my life

    • @katienkids6464
      @katienkids6464 3 года назад +4

      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.

    • @karensanborn1690
      @karensanborn1690 3 года назад

      Me too!

    • @zmaster1481
      @zmaster1481 3 года назад +1

      Still cleaning up the mess here in Cedar Rapids.

  • @GrandGrimory
    @GrandGrimory 11 месяцев назад +3

    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.

  • @jeffbryan4019
    @jeffbryan4019 Год назад +2

    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 .

  • @leirobinson3103
    @leirobinson3103 3 года назад +79

    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.

    • @steggc85
      @steggc85 3 года назад +1

      I’ve been seeing their trucks around town! Maybe one was him lol

    • @robert6630
      @robert6630 3 года назад

      Thank your to your family for the help from all Iowans

  • @turdfurgusson
    @turdfurgusson 3 года назад +820

    RIP every tree in the neighborhood. They fought brave.

    • @melissamay261
      @melissamay261 3 года назад +15

      Be nice to the trees

    • @turdfurgusson
      @turdfurgusson 3 года назад +18

      @@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.

    • @Mk5.maniac
      @Mk5.maniac 3 года назад +8

      @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

    • @br4vedagomm416
      @br4vedagomm416 3 года назад +1

      @@turdfurgusson lol

    • @ijustyap
      @ijustyap 3 года назад +1

      @@turdfurgusson Bro doubled down lmao

  • @Ducky2964
    @Ducky2964 Год назад +7

    WOW! This was intense. I live on the east coast and I’ve been through A LOT of hurricanes. This reminds me of them.

    • @meyague
      @meyague 6 дней назад

      hurricanes in the east coast?

  • @Mike.Smth2112
    @Mike.Smth2112 3 месяца назад +1

    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.

  • @cmsimo999
    @cmsimo999 3 года назад +1351

    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. ✌🏼

    • @rp7326
      @rp7326 3 года назад +37

      Over 1200 miles of power lines were down. Some still without power a week later. The cleanup could take up to a year.

    • @greg33770
      @greg33770 3 года назад +18

      ya...was thinking the same thing...like a hurricane !

    • @ericl8743
      @ericl8743 3 года назад +7

      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

    • @marktaylor8659
      @marktaylor8659 3 года назад +28

      @@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.

    • @ericl8743
      @ericl8743 3 года назад +22

      @@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

  • @spencersellner5112
    @spencersellner5112 3 года назад +963

    This is the kind of stuff our grandparents would walk up hill both ways in to go to school

    • @slooob23
      @slooob23 3 года назад +69

      And they had to walk through 6ft of fresh snow every Wednesday during winter *and* summer

    • @zaynabhill8931
      @zaynabhill8931 3 года назад +9

      😂😂😂😂

    • @trixiestix3993
      @trixiestix3993 3 года назад +24

      AND THEY LIKED IT

    • @azzshaikh
      @azzshaikh 3 года назад +14

      Exactly those brave humans!

    • @jodystarkey6792
      @jodystarkey6792 3 года назад +4

      Lmao

  • @defshrimp
    @defshrimp 9 месяцев назад +1

    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.

    • @Xui0o
      @Xui0o 4 месяца назад

      11no power and i worked at food lion who had to toss everything out from cold storage areas

  • @dorothygoodon3610
    @dorothygoodon3610 9 месяцев назад +3

    I was at work in West Des Moines when this hit. I’ve never been so scared in my life. It got pitch black, and of course our office was surrounded by windows. Our supervisors would not let us go to shelters, they said it “was just a little wind”

  • @noobyoverlord
    @noobyoverlord 3 года назад +52

    I was asleep at University when this happened. My dorm is not air conditioned, and I woke up and put on my blanket for the first time because it was actually cold. Then I hear the tornado sirens go off and very quickly got dressed. My floors resident advisor took us downstairs to the basement and we sat there for half an hour. I went outside the next day and was in awe of the damage it caused. I have lived in the midwest my entire life, but I have never been through a tornado that touched down in my town. When I first heard it was called an "*nland Hurricane" I thought it was a joke, but then I saw the radar and I was baffled. This was an experience that I will never forget.

  • @StellosCore
    @StellosCore 3 года назад +314

    Seeing your little fir tree snap over was heartbreaking. As a plant-lover, you have my deepest condolences...

    • @whitneyd6827
      @whitneyd6827 3 года назад +28

      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(

    • @awolninja3779
      @awolninja3779 3 года назад +2

      I felt the same way... then I noticed the house the tree was hiding and laughed.

    • @bethyngalw
      @bethyngalw 3 года назад +7

      @@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.

    • @StephRivera
      @StephRivera 3 года назад +6

      Um spoiler alert

    • @whitneyd6827
      @whitneyd6827 3 года назад +4

      @@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 :)

  • @kitskivich
    @kitskivich Год назад +2

    I have experienced a few derechos in Chicago. They sounded like a jet engine and everything outside my window was a horizontal blur of green, grey, and white, with the occasional unidentifiable objects flying by as colored blurs. The aftermath was a street with standing water and littered with building and roofing materials, trees, patio furniture, and detritus.

  • @jpatch32
    @jpatch32 Год назад +1

    You guys stayed so calm in the midst of this storm

  • @thereddiamondking2131
    @thereddiamondking2131 2 года назад +613

    Rest In Peace little tree, you held on as long as you could 😢

  • @zachmatt3
    @zachmatt3 3 года назад +200

    The loss of the fir tree is heartbreaking. We've had storms here (Austin) that took out 100-200 year old live oaks, but mine has survived. When I was a child, I went through Hurricane Carla near the coast, and the storm you had was just as bad. I hope your home is ok.

    • @harrisonsiegel9536
      @harrisonsiegel9536 3 года назад +10

      We just lost a 275 year old record-setting live oak to a tornado. It sucks.

  • @chaz5229
    @chaz5229 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @Curious-Lass
    @Curious-Lass 10 месяцев назад +2

    That is so sad and scary!! Those beautiful trees all gone in a flash!

  • @Music.cigars.2024
    @Music.cigars.2024 3 года назад +135

    See you all in 6 years when RUclips randomly recommends this video...

    • @PresidentHedgehog7956
      @PresidentHedgehog7956 3 года назад +2

      Your profile picture offends me.

    • @jednrrp
      @jednrrp 3 года назад +1

      Maybe this will be educational data on the beginnings of climate change effects

    • @pamelabustos8693
      @pamelabustos8693 3 года назад +1

      Word

    • @gl-jp8up
      @gl-jp8up 3 года назад +2

      See you all!

    • @Music.cigars.2024
      @Music.cigars.2024 3 года назад

      @@PresidentHedgehog7956 my condolences 😑

  • @steggc85
    @steggc85 3 года назад +364

    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

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 3 года назад +20

      Yikes! Sorry about the boat. I'm not a boater, but that's gotta be hard to lose all that work.

    • @drink15
      @drink15 3 года назад +12

      I have a pepperoni pizza.

    • @bobtheheritageunit1751
      @bobtheheritageunit1751 3 года назад +5

      That’s one heck of a nightmare

    • @logancoffman9207
      @logancoffman9207 3 года назад +7

      Dang bro I'll pray for you

    • @brentbeardsley655
      @brentbeardsley655 3 года назад +2

      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.

  • @evaneparat
    @evaneparat Год назад +2

    I was working at the Home Depot in Bettendorf when this happened. Heard a lot of commotion about some big storm that was coming, so I checked out the weather and gulped when I saw that a derecho was supposed to hit in an hour and twenty minutes: just long enough after the end of my shift to get home and watch the storm roll in over the occidental fields. Twenty minutes later I was in outside garden grabbing some bricks when I heard a loud rumbling sound and instinctively looked up, only to see a wave of clouds rolling overhead, immediately followed by the wail of tornado sirens and my manager yelling at me to get inside. Then it dawned on me: Home Depot's weather reports are all in EST. Had quite the drive back up north, 40-miles through hurricane-strength winds. Passed about six overturned semis and countless flattened cornfields and overturned grain silos.

  • @captainhml3868
    @captainhml3868 8 дней назад

    So awesome. Now you know what it’s like to have a Category 1 hurricane in Iowa. I wonder how low the pressure was. Such incredible footage!!

  • @relaxmelodyrain
    @relaxmelodyrain 6 месяцев назад +7

    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.

  • @baronbrrrrett
    @baronbrrrrett 3 года назад +1029

    "It's just a gust."
    Best joke of 2020

  • @justinmayy
    @justinmayy 3 года назад +833

    “It’s just a gust”
    She didn’t know how wrong she was.

    • @Bob-jm8kl
      @Bob-jm8kl 3 года назад +38

      Many minutes later followed by , "Oh the maple's gone."

    • @RAHHHHHHHHHHH_H
      @RAHHHHHHHHHHH_H 3 года назад +8

      The wind was like or so it would seem

    • @rooinmaggot1892
      @rooinmaggot1892 3 года назад +4

      Lol that was my first thought

    • @eizzle78
      @eizzle78 3 года назад +10

      I was looking for this comment 👍🏻

    • @darellrogers3396
      @darellrogers3396 3 года назад +3

      I'm around the corner in my cousin house it got bad quick

  • @juscelinojclnsg7916
    @juscelinojclnsg7916 3 месяца назад +1

    Wow, top notch gardening service with free pruning and cleaning.

  • @RamenTheStrongestBattlegrounds
    @RamenTheStrongestBattlegrounds 7 месяцев назад +4

    0:22 "it's just a gust :)"
    Famous last words.

  • @Girlaffes
    @Girlaffes 3 года назад +189

    "it's just a gust" should be the official quote of Derecho 2020

  • @cloudblazer6807
    @cloudblazer6807 3 года назад +478

    I actually got sad when the evergreen snapped. It made it so far 🥺

  • @AwxCO1
    @AwxCO1 10 месяцев назад +1

    I lived through the Rocky Mountain deracho here in Colorado in 2020, that was my first ever experience with a deracho. It was scary as hell. Thought a tornado was coming through. Trust me, derachos are no laughing matter. Such an insane experience.

  • @cognac8297
    @cognac8297 Год назад +1

    This came thru Arlington Texas . It was like a super cell it was actually a weird thing. No rain. Just half invisible tornados everywhere . It was like the movie twister everything jingling and lifting