@@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.
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.
@@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.
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
@ 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.
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.
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!
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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(
@@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.
@@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 :)
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.
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. 🙏
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.
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.
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.
I was in Cedar Rapids when it hit. I rode it out in my pickup in the Earl May Nursery parking lot on Edgewood Rd. I witnessed whole trees that had been uprooted sliding down the street next to me, potted plants in BIG stoneware pots fly past me, one missed my windshield by a foot. Needless to say, I was scared.
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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@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 😂
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 😂😂😥
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.
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 😢
@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
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 !
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
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.
@@soldiers303 Hurricane-resistant windows lower damage (up to 135mph) and lower insurance premiums. Kinda doubt anyone in Iowa had them before this storm!
Alex2900 so bulletproof glass, tempered glass, low e glass, double pane glass is all the same? Thats the silliest thing ive heard in my life. Each is built for different things hence the price
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
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.
@@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
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
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...
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. ✌🏼
@@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.
@@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
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.
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.
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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!!
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.
This was a very unique point of view of the storm. And so noticeably quiet except the sounds of the storm. It must have been frightening. It seemed to subside then start up again many times.
Yeah we had debris for like a year and a half after this, many houses destroyed, Cedar Rapids landscape was completely altered, we had so many trees and derecho took almost 70% of them. This was terrible. Not thrilling.
@@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....
As a person that lives in Texas and goes through hurricanes... I don't understand why these types of storms are NOT discussed as much as hurricanes. This is just as insane as the storms I have gone through.
I was going to comment the same. What we’ve seen in this video, and s what hurricanes here on the Gulf Coast are similar to....for longer durations of time.
They're too hard to pronounce and not scary sounding enough. If they changed the name to something like "turbine destructor" they would get top billing.
Thank you! We moved out of South Lousiana to get away from floods and hurricanes. Now we get slammed with storms like this in the Midwest. they literally blow up so fast and then sunshine after. I call them afternoon hurricanes. Lol I went from one type of natural disaster nightmare to another.
As a person who lives in Texas you probably get hit with derechoes all the time and don't realize it. They are common throughout the American continent east of the Rockies, though especially in the Midwest and the great plains. Hurricanes overall are far most destructive, but just like tornadic storms, derechoes are much more locally dangerous. You wouldn't want to stand outside during one, while you could definitely stand outside during a hurricane (although not recommended). I presume that's why they aren't as publicly researched, but I assure you they are always being studied in depth for better prediction, etc., even if research funding for hurricanes and tornadoes far overshadows derechoes. Basically, if you're getting hit with a derecho, follow the same safety measures you would as if there were a tornado and you'd be fine.
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.
@@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.
@@Zoomer30 Exactly I am from Iowa so this is 100% what I would think during an earthquake. This storm was super bad though even for us and we got storms on the regular but we don't get hurricane winds that hit a whole town.
Раз за разом пересматриваю. Никто не сможет так гениально срежисировать такое видео. Просто великолепное нарастание тревоги, эмоций. Фон, свет, звук!!!
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.
Derecho: a line of intense, widespread, and fast-moving windstorms and sometimes thunderstorms that moves across a great distance and is characterized by damaging winds.
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.
@@BradThePitts who goes to a RUclips video to read the comments first? Normal people watch the video then make a comment about it. Not nickolettes problem that you're the idiot who reads comments then watches a video lol.
There were trees still standing from the time of the LA Purchase. Sad to see such history ripped away. I live here and the town is still in shambles. Most everyone has power now...3 weeks after. I know people who went without plumbing for 3 weeks too. Internet is still down for most people in this area. Please send all speedy recovery vibes to towns affected. If you have seen the movie Lucy, you remember when Morgan Freeman was talking about cells destructing due to unfavorable environments. Please do your best to treat Mother Earth with love. 💕💕
This video makes me cry.... i was there in the heart of this storm... I HATED seeing my city so tore up, it broke my heart and i never get emotional... The way the citizens of Cedar Rapids responded to this disaster was what was important. The people came together as best as they could and people from all over the country came to help.. It was a rough deal forsure but the town came together and made CR a city we can be proud of again, yes I miss all of the beautiful trees we use to have for generations but the most important part is the fact we showed how tough we are and made the city good again...
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
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.
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.
I looked up derecho, and it is a storm with a series of intense bands in it. This video was a good example of this. There would be strong wind and rain, then it would die down some, then back to strong winds. These were the bands moving through. I've never seen or heard of this before. Thanks for posting.
@@Sagicorn24 then it was flash flooding and sever thunderstorm warning so where were almost there we ran into trouble we saw like dark brown clouds my dad goes tornado clods then oyt of knowher hail and blinding rain the cloud
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
IM REALLY SAD THAT THEY LOST THEIR TREE! I watched the other trees across the street lose branches every few mins but when the tree in front collapsed I got so sad. I was impressed it hadn’t taken any damage yet then suddenly it was gone.
Speaking from Houston, Tx. That looked exactly like a hurricane. Also, people who are making comments about the bird feeder; The wall of the house was blocking the wind.
I’m live CR and I was in Texas when this happened because I was at my uncle funeral I think he save me because now there big ass trees on the top of my house
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...?
I was actually at work at Pine Lake State Park when this happened. Everyone was terrified. Afterwards, all of the corn in the area was completely flattened.
..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.
A hurricane is much worse as its hours and hours of sustained winds like this. These storms are much faster moving. This would be what a category 3-4ish hurricane would look like but now imagine it lasting 12 hours.. A cat 5 is even worse - talking close to 200mph sustained winds +more with gusts..
@@jmhm17 ofc. That's why it's called "HURRICANE" rofl. But they're still the same. Since a microburst will just burst all the rain and winds from the sky without a warning. Imagine you're driving a car then suddenly a powerful rain and winds that contains 110mph just went out bursting in your area. You could die bc a 100mph wind can flip a car.
Here's some of microburst example. Sometimes microburst can take 1 hour or more like a hurricane. Sometimes half of an hour ruclips.net/video/WOSFgUFXUCs/видео.html
Man I was pulling for that tree. Well done film directors. You created foreshadowing, a main character we were rooting for, anticipation and angst, and a menacing villain with absolutely no narration because it wasn’t needed. Even the background sound effects (the radio warnings and clock ticking) added to the experience. Glad I don’t live in a place that experiences this type of weather. That is terrifying.
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I was in my room when this storm struck. 5 minutes its sunny next thing i know the wind kicks up, it becomes dark as night and then the power went down. I quickly knew I had to tail it to the basement. it was very scary. it lasted about two and a half hours before it even remotely calmed down me and my sister who was home at the time were a bit shaky as we had never experienced something like this. after about another hour and a half it was calm enough to go out to pick up downed trees and just seeing all the damage within a shortish time range was depressing. we faired ok after it passed but we were out of power for nearly 12 days.
My Grandparents used to live in Cedar Rapids They Went Outside Today for the Raced Across The Rain Tornado Warning in a couple weeks ago But It it’s heartbreaking losing an old friend
I was in Des Moines and didn’t realize a storm was coming until the tornado sirens went off. I remember looking out the window as it was happening thinking it looked just like the footage from a hurricane. Was a pretty surreal experience.
@@metalmonkey6262 This is the first storm like this I’ve seen in my life. There’s the occasional tornado and flooding, but land hurricanes are pretty rare lol
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”
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I wanna know where they bought that bird feeder from. Solid.
Its behind the wall. Only reason it had a chance...if the wall wasnt there, bye bye bird feeder .
@@donaldpuckett7545 it offers very little,if any, wind resistance
Donald Puckett Oop-
@@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.
Probably from Ikea.
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.
That poor tree was pretty solid tho
@@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.
Dev Ram that was a sad moment. Beautiful tree 😥
Devastating 😥
I cried when it snapped
That bird feeder ad was almost 30 minutes long.
😂😂😂
Bird seed not included.
Built Ford tough.
Imma buyin' stocks in that company.
lol
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
Wish I would've seen your comment before watching.
this is so true (because it is)
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The derecho doesn’t strengthen at all. It’s different parts of the derecho which have varying degrees of windspeeds.
@@phantomthedrake8420 Thats what I meant to say. I rushed the comment so I forgot to write it.
That was such a pretty tree in front of your house. Shame.
My thought as well and for all the trees and the animals that called them home ☹️😞
They can always put it back up. I'm sure mother nature didn't mind
Mother Nature destroys everything.
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.
@@scotthayes5933 yeah it's mother nature that's destroying everything 🤣😂
Someone left the house's turn signal on.
Evan E I was thinking the same thing! Grandfather clock...
lollll! yeah, what is that?
@@BlinkinFirefly It's a clock
Yup. So friggin annoying.
It was probably a UPS for the computer. They beep when they are on but not getting power.
Trees break in half, trees get ripped from their roots but that gosh dang bird feeder man.
@James
Its not his fault that stupid people say and ask stupid things.
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 .
That sucker was staked in wicked tight.
Home Depot??
😂😂😂😂😂
@ 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.
Bosses be like: you're still on your way to work rn right?
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.
Lol
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!
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.
>Boss my car got swept away in the tornado
>Mass transit is running right? Catch the bus!
Emergency broadcasts give me more anxiety than the disasters themselves
Omggg yessss
LMFAO 🤣👍
I always think of a zombie apocalypse when I hear that 😂
Yeah they design them to trigger your senses and they sure do work.
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).
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.
😞 aw. I would have to agree!
CR most 50% of its canopy- the around of 100’s of years old trees we lost is just really really sad
My thoughts exactly! It's really sad
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.
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.
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.
He sent you out into a tornado?
@@jasonjones7205 not a tornado....
@@jasonjones7205it wasn’t a tornado it was a storm with very bad winds
Seeing your little fir tree snap over was heartbreaking. As a plant-lover, you have my deepest condolences...
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(
I felt the same way... then I noticed the house the tree was hiding and laughed.
@@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.
Um spoiler alert
@@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 :)
I want a relationship strong as that bird feeder..
😄😄🙏
☝️😃
@@mygodjesus1229 I'm just gonna start reporting these comments as spam
People who says like this leave first lol
Oof
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.
I’ve been seeing their trucks around town! Maybe one was him lol
Thank your to your family for the help from all Iowans
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. 🙏
Not a pine tree
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.
Agreed
Minus the chewing of gum.
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.
Exactly. This video is honestly one of the best I’ve seen so far!
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.
Darn. I was cheering for that beautifully shaped spruce tree. Rip
Same! I gasped when it fell 😢
I've never seen a gust that violent
Lol right??! Pretty sad.
Whoa, hey, spoiler alert please!
Rest in pieces, trees.
Poor tree 🤦🏽♀️
Never been so emotionally attached to a pine tree before
I felt bad that was a beautiful tree.
I was feeling the same; such a shame🌲
That’s a fir tree by the way.
It was preeety like heck
The tree was pretty
I was in Cedar Rapids when it hit. I rode it out in my pickup in the Earl May Nursery parking lot on Edgewood Rd. I witnessed whole trees that had been uprooted sliding down the street next to me, potted plants in BIG stoneware pots fly past me, one missed my windshield by a foot. Needless to say, I was scared.
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.
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.
I read this comment before watching the video and thought the wind took their neighbors house away
Absolutely.
With all those trees snapping, I wonder if any damages was caused to the vehicles across the street.
Soooooooo scary😮
Gym teachers: the weather is fine we're going outside.
Lol
69 likes
Yeah, I've known a few like that. They'd say it builds character.
I’m dead🤣
Lol it's true😂😂😂
2:47 - First big gust
3:33 - Second gust
5:07 - First Damaging Gust
5:22 - Second Damaging Gust
5:34 - Third Damaging Gust
6:20 - Fourth Damaging Gust
6:54 - Huge Gust
7:12 - Severe Damage
10:33 - Big gust and falling branch
13:08 - Incredible Gust
13:34 - Incredible Gust + Big Branch Falling
14:09 - Destructive Gust + RIP Pine Tree
14:12 - 14:26 - Damage
16:17 - Tree Falls in Background
Thanks for the timestamps!
i think the pine tree was a cedar tree
@@msruag it’s an evergreen tree
@@ethanhall9028 that isn't a taxononic classification and this was recorded in august so every tree is green.
@@msruag the type of tree is an evergreen. smartass
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.
I moved to Astoria a year and a half ago and the people here still talk about that storm frequently. Unbelievable stuff.
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.
this is false you can clearly hear the weather alert state that "the nws in the twin cities"
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.
@@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.
Weather Report: Mostly Cloudy, Breezy, with a chance of Flying Trees.
Lol
I’m up north catch ya later ✌🏽😼
Trampolines, garden furniture,cows.
And dont forget the meatballs !! 🤗
@Sharron Taylor no
“It’s just a gust” *BOY WERE THEY WRONG*
Black knight: It's just a flesh wound.
@@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 😂
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 😂😂😥
80 mph 💨 wind here = a new part in your hair = for a few days.
Probably thought the radio was fake news
A few minutes in: oh, I'll just watch for a few more minutes
30 minutes later: holy crap
Same here! Hope everyone was ok.
I've lived in Cedar Rapids my whole life and I never experienced anything like this in my life
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.
Me too!
Still cleaning up the mess here in Cedar Rapids.
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 😢
RIP every tree in the neighborhood. They fought brave.
Be nice to the trees
@@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.
@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
@@turdfurgusson lol
@@turdfurgusson Bro doubled down lmao
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 !
Those Carpenters kicked ass for sure!!!!
RIP little evergreen 🌲
I know right? Those houses didn’t move an inch
@@teezee2413 Made me sad and wonder how long it lived 😞
Those houses definitely weren't built by lowest bid dumpster fires D.R. Horrible or Lennar.
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
Yikes! Sorry about the boat. I'm not a boater, but that's gotta be hard to lose all that work.
I have a pepperoni pizza.
That’s one heck of a nightmare
Dang bro I'll pray for you
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.
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.
11no power and i worked at food lion who had to toss everything out from cold storage areas
Rest In Peace little tree, you held on as long as you could 😢
😞🖐🏻
I always hope it gets “reclaimed” as something.
Stupid wind 100 km/h
I pulled out
):
And this ladies and gentleman is why you never cheap out in windows for your home.
Glass is glass, doesn't matter how much you spend.
@@soldiers303 Could be double window glass 😛
@@soldiers303 Hurricane-resistant windows lower damage (up to 135mph) and lower insurance premiums. Kinda doubt anyone in Iowa had them before this storm!
Alex2900 so bulletproof glass, tempered glass, low e glass, double pane glass is all the same? Thats the silliest thing ive heard in my life. Each is built for different things hence the price
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why you don’t cheap out on basements for your home.
See you guys in 5 years when this gets recommended again!
See ya
LOL yep, I'll be watching it again! Cya on the other side!
I'll see ya there
its a date
Lol
*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.
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
Think it’s a smoke alarm actually
@@PMFD99say this to yourself
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.
16:17 that gust was near a Category 4. The wind looked like 130 mph and in areas got to 140 mph.
My therapist: Don’t watch things that trigger your anxiety
Me: *looking up natural disaster footage*
SAME I ALWAYS WATCH TORNADO VIDEOS
vintagloe I don’t know why but I’ve always loved watching them lmao it’s so cool
ガチャA I S L I N G holy crap I hope you guys get that back soon..
@@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
exactly
I got a little teary eyed when your evergreen snapped
Same it was so pretty!
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
I was thinking the elm across the street would make it, but five minutes later, gone, too.
Do the Brady Bunch live across the street?
Me too, I was rooting for it, I thought the house was protecting it. Then all of a sudden bang! It was so lovely 😧
I don't know if its just me, but I kind of felt bad for the trees. All those seasons and years of growing, just to break in a storm.
It's not just you at all! I always think of what stories each tree has, it's sad when it's cut short just like with anything in life.
the severity of the storm had them die in honor imo
U said “just to break in a storm” like storms are weak
@@KoId. yeah “severe” thunderstorms don’t have that name for no reason
@@KoId. He meant they survived so many years JUST to be taken down by this storm.
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...
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. ✌🏼
Over 1200 miles of power lines were down. Some still without power a week later. The cleanup could take up to a year.
ya...was thinking the same thing...like a hurricane !
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
@@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.
@@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
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.
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.
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.
True!😁👍🏻
Jesus is the only way. We have all sinned and deserve Hell. Sins that may seem small in our eyes are big in God's and are worthy of Hell, such as lying lusting and stealing. But if we repent and trust only in Jesus, he is faithful and will save us from Hell and give us eternal life in Heaven. Trust in Jesus!
John 3:16
Romans 6:23❤
Or Reed Timmer screaming for clout
I actually got sad when the evergreen snapped. It made it so far 🥺
Same!
The.. what?
my heart broke when the tree fell
@@pipe.down. 14:10
Yes it did
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!!
I always feel bad for the trees 🌳 too 😢
RIP spruce tree 🌲
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.
Sit on the porch during a tornado be a man
@@YankeeDoodle2 you're 12 years old
@@YankeeDoodle2 most of us in the Midwest do lmao
This was a very unique point of view of the storm. And so noticeably quiet except the sounds of the storm. It must have been frightening. It seemed to subside then start up again many times.
Yeah we had debris for like a year and a half after this, many houses destroyed, Cedar Rapids landscape was completely altered, we had so many trees and derecho took almost 70% of them. This was terrible. Not thrilling.
Mother Nature: and you get a branch! and you get a branch! and you get a branch!
Lol, cute...liked that!
lolol that was actually funny
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!
@@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....
Jami Conroy Indeed she did! 😂
My parents: we walked through this every morning to get to school
LOL ,U RIGHT AND TO WALK 3 OR 4 MILES TO SCHOOL ,UP HILL BOTH COMING AND GOING.
You forgot "In the snow”...😂🤣👍🏼
Back in my day...
Damm 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
While their mom was beatin' their butt and putting the fear of god in them the whole way.
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.
Depends on how big the tornado is like if we talking a mile long nados it basically game over for the whole neighborhood.
no way, tornadoes are way worse
And this seemed to go on forever!
@@casdragon_5939they can be worse or weaker
As a person that lives in Texas and goes through hurricanes... I don't understand why these types of storms are NOT discussed as much as hurricanes. This is just as insane as the storms I have gone through.
I was going to comment the same. What we’ve seen in this video, and s what hurricanes here on the Gulf Coast are similar to....for longer durations of time.
They're too hard to pronounce and not scary sounding enough. If they changed the name to something like "turbine destructor" they would get top billing.
Thank you! We moved out of South Lousiana to get away from floods and hurricanes. Now we get slammed with storms like this in the Midwest. they literally blow up so fast and then sunshine after. I call them afternoon hurricanes. Lol I went from one type of natural disaster nightmare to another.
As a person who lives in Texas you probably get hit with derechoes all the time and don't realize it. They are common throughout the American continent east of the Rockies, though especially in the Midwest and the great plains. Hurricanes overall are far most destructive, but just like tornadic storms, derechoes are much more locally dangerous. You wouldn't want to stand outside during one, while you could definitely stand outside during a hurricane (although not recommended). I presume that's why they aren't as publicly researched, but I assure you they are always being studied in depth for better prediction, etc., even if research funding for hurricanes and tornadoes far overshadows derechoes. Basically, if you're getting hit with a derecho, follow the same safety measures you would as if there were a tornado and you'd be fine.
A derecho of this magnitude is pretty rare.
“It’s just a gust.” *Trees falling over*
I dont think so .its like entity a spirit .
Where's the banner look like hang in the gutter?
@@victorialevy2882 When the storm lets up, everything will be okay.
pico de gallo lol for real haha
J500 L6000 those trees suck though.
RUclips algorithm: So you might be wondering why I've gathered you all here today...
Seriously yesterday my feed was politics, viking rock, and computer reviewers. Today all derecho vids
Every once in a while a comment just makes me full blown chuckle.
That's funny
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Algorithms of oppression 🙈🙊
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 🌴
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.
We just lost a 275 year old record-setting live oak to a tornado. It sucks.
“It’s just a gust”
She didn’t know how wrong she was.
Many minutes later followed by , "Oh the maple's gone."
The wind was like or so it would seem
Lol that was my first thought
I was looking for this comment 👍🏻
I'm around the corner in my cousin house it got bad quick
The anxiety I felt for the people just driving by I'm over here watching yelling "Go faster get home!"
They get home to find it's blown away. Opps!
Same
Same I would have ran outside to make them come in my house
@@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.
I'd be hauling ass for real lol
Iowa people are so optimistic.
Her: "It's just a gust."
*10 minutes later*
Trees blow over
I thought the same thing.
California people: "It's just a tremor"
Iowa people: WTF the ground is moving.
I mean 14 mins..
@@Zoomer30 Exactly I am from Iowa so this is 100% what I would think during an earthquake. This storm was super bad though even for us and we got storms on the regular but we don't get hurricane winds that hit a whole town.
We try lol
Her: Get downstairs. So calm in saying it.
I was hoping the pine tree wouldn't meet its demise, sadly it did. Glad your household is safe.
spruce*, not pine
@@ram5ramen582 IS THERE A PROBLEM, MARINE?!
This is the kind of stuff our grandparents would walk up hill both ways in to go to school
And they had to walk through 6ft of fresh snow every Wednesday during winter *and* summer
😂😂😂😂
AND THEY LIKED IT
Exactly those brave humans!
Lmao
Раз за разом пересматриваю. Никто не сможет так гениально срежисировать такое видео. Просто великолепное нарастание тревоги, эмоций. Фон, свет, звук!!!
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.
more than a year haha, it's still ongoing cleaning up debris.
Aww man and didn't Covid just start too 😢
@@Littlething41 indeed! 2020 was especially rough around here
There will be more derecho storms like this one. Climate change at its finest.
My husband's family is all from Cedar Rapids. Had to watch the video.
Of course I don’t really “like” what happened, and appreciate your showing us what it looked like.
Derecho: a line of intense, widespread, and fast-moving windstorms and sometimes thunderstorms that moves across a great distance and is characterized by damaging winds.
Thanks!
@@ElenaAshe haha no problem. I had to look it up for myself and figured other ppl may not know either. I've never even heard of it before.
What is a windstorm? The whole thing is just a thunderstorm
@@KoId. No. You definitely dont get this much wind in a regular thunderstorm.
@@NightmareSWGOH a derecho is a line of intense thunderstorms
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.
14:10
“Wow, I’m surprised that tree hasn’t fallen dow-“
...
“Anyways...”
jellystars 😂 spoke too soon about the strength of that tree.
Tree with roots = DELETE
Bird feeder stand = CHAMPION
It was dodging out of the other tree's way
That tree was so majestic in the beginning too 😢
Same 🤣🤣🤣
Saying "It's just a gust" reminds me of the Black Knight saying "It's just a flesh wound" in Monty Python & the Holy Grail.
Tis' but a scratch
Your legs come off lmao
I heard her say it's just a gust
God: I'm about to ruin her whole career
'tis but a flesh wound"
Join us good knight!
That’s crazy the tree managed to stand for probably 30+ years to be blown over that easily in a horrid storm
@@BradThePitts thats why you should always watch the Video first and then the comments
@@BradThePitts who goes to a RUclips video to read the comments first? Normal people watch the video then make a comment about it.
Not nickolettes problem that you're the idiot who reads comments then watches a video lol.
It put up a good fight
Nickolette Spicer that’s what they want you to think 🤔
There were trees still standing from the time of the LA Purchase. Sad to see such history ripped away. I live here and the town is still in shambles. Most everyone has power now...3 weeks after. I know people who went without plumbing for 3 weeks too. Internet is still down for most people in this area. Please send all speedy recovery vibes to towns affected. If you have seen the movie Lucy, you remember when Morgan Freeman was talking about cells destructing due to unfavorable environments. Please do your best to treat Mother Earth with love. 💕💕
This video makes me cry.... i was there in the heart of this storm... I HATED seeing my city so tore up, it broke my heart and i never get emotional... The way the citizens of Cedar Rapids responded to this disaster was what was important. The people came together as best as they could and people from all over the country came to help.. It was a rough deal forsure but the town came together and made CR a city we can be proud of again, yes I miss all of the beautiful trees we use to have for generations but the most important part is the fact we showed how tough we are and made the city good again...
“The maple tree is gone?”
“Uh, ALL the trees are gone!”
I hope you guys recover quickly!
Dr Prick yes it was bad for them
It was 2010
Still got no internet or power and no tv
climate change is about to fuck us aaaaaallllll up
Roy What
The clicking sounds like someone left their turn signal on in their car.
Wind up clocks were ticking and electronic barometers beeping.
i think a branch may have hit the car set off the alarm .. lights weren't on before ...
How about hail?
@AmyPepperfly>>Nice luminescent butterfly.🦋
Someone left , so you’re half correct.
Am I the only one that finds storms terrifying and beautiful at the same time ?
There is something beautiful in chaos😊
sikko sikko
I tend to sleep soundly during storms. It has an asmr effect on me.
I love storms.
Me too hahaha
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
"How's the weather, Ollie?"
"It's raining sideways!!"
"Thanks, Ollie."
How does this not have more likes. This comment made me loose my shit at 2 in the morning😂😂😂😂😂
@@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?
It's gone rain!!!
“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”
FUNNY AS F*UCK...😁
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.
Ha was expecting the good news to be: All the neighbors are gone too
and apparently the power was out too
Henry Farthington lmao
HAHAHAHAH
“Honey, you remember that tree you really hate out front?”
Whoever installed that bird feeder deserves a nobel prize.
Not really it was protected from the wind by the house
D C 🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣💯
it's wrought iron, lol.
Well dand hire them to build one ppl can fit in 💀 #1 worlds best shelter
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.
Hope ur ok :)
I looked up derecho, and it is a storm with a series of intense bands in it. This video was a good example of this. There would be strong wind and rain, then it would die down some, then back to strong winds. These were the bands moving through. I've never seen or heard of this before. Thanks for posting.
I was in one it was nuts and scary it was minor
Tori Miglioratti I’m in Virginia where it happened several years back. Certainly didn’t last as long as this monster did. This was a beast from hell
@@Sagicorn24 we where heading to Providence roadiland from Rochester it was veer dark at times and
@@Sagicorn24 then it was flash flooding and sever thunderstorm warning so where were almost there we ran into trouble we saw like dark brown clouds my dad goes tornado clods then oyt of knowher hail and blinding rain the cloud
Tori Miglioratti basically the same here. I’m glad they posted these videos about what happened.
Always breaks my heart to see the life end of beautiful trees like these.
Nature's cleanser... getting rid of weak and old, making room for new growth.
I went to Las Cruces no tree's just shrubs and dirt the mountains were cool but I couldn't wait to get back to Michigan love our trees and streams!
The view of the sky is so much better now.
@@5DNRG not really "weak and old" many young trees were snapped as these winds gusted to 126mph in some areas.
At least one gave its life taking out that annoying car alarm.
The trees: are falling down violently
The bird feeder: ahh, nice weather outside, eh?
That’s what I was looking at the whole time.
Fucking mint👌that thing solid
it was being protected by the house, the wind went up against the home and the bird feeder was in a safe pocket
Found the Canadian
When the bird feeder can withstand a tornado but not a squirrel
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
IM REALLY SAD THAT THEY LOST THEIR TREE! I watched the other trees across the street lose branches every few mins but when the tree in front collapsed I got so sad. I was impressed it hadn’t taken any damage yet then suddenly it was gone.
Depressed* you should have put depressed when ur impressed you are happy and when ur sad your’re depressed
@@sammygrant1956 not true. You wouldn’t say “impressed new year” or “your cooking looks depressed”. You need to learn more about english
Im sure this tree has seen generations grow up, witnessed familys coming and going, got to see so many wonderful things and then it got snapped
@@onlinetoughguy7530 yup):
Speaking from Houston, Tx. That looked exactly like a hurricane. Also, people who are making comments about the bird feeder; The wall of the house was blocking the wind.
I’m live CR and I was in Texas when this happened because I was at my uncle funeral I think he save me because now there big ass trees on the top of my house
Don’t be hating on the bird feeder! It earned every bit of praise and adoration.
The wind goes around the corner👀
Peggy there’s literally dust storms out in the west that are like hurricane wind speeds but instead of rain it’s dirt lol
@@migwigpee0796 Eeks, I cannot imagine.
Every tree: gone
Bird feeder: still standing
At least the birds will still have some food to eat while looking for new homes. 🐦
Ikr I was so confused 😂
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...?
low wind resistance + wrought iron.
a moment of silence for the fallen trees.
losing decades old trees ain't cool.
Was was was waiting
I was actually at work at Pine Lake State Park when this happened. Everyone was terrified. Afterwards, all of the corn in the area was completely flattened.
amazing strong gutter .since everybody wants to praise the downwind birdfeeder
😂😂
I do gotta say that the bird feeder is a very aerodynamic piece of metal but the gutter is not and is still there.
Bird feeder sold out. Working on gutter.
It’s a plant holder.
Insurance companies:
Sir, you're covered from _wind_ damage, but I've been informed that this was a _derecho_ . Denied.
Ugh they be like don't they
Underrated comment
So many of these weather terms I've never heard til the last 5 years or so....superstorm, derecho, Arctic bomb...
@@goin2green weather warfare my friend. It is real. They have to give the operation events new names. Scary stuff when they can control nature.
@@assbakwrds Ohhh please. 🤨 Are you one of those people who thinks "Nuking" a hurricans is a good idea? Sigh:::::
I was rooting for every tree.
😂
😅
LMAO
😐
I know right?!
My God, this just went on and on!!! It was like MULTIPLE tornadoes! Excellent footage!
"it's just a gust" should be the official quote of Derecho 2020
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stare at video do not move just stare
@@markcarlson7080 😇😊
Much respect to the construction companies who built those homes and a special shout-out to the roofers.😃👍🏾👍🏾
No offense but the roofers in my neighborhood are all crackheads
@@eddiew2325 this is HAARP
@@dawidmichalski8339 No such thing as HAARP Quit BSing yourself
My house wouldn’t handle this too well. And we can get tornadoes here if the weather decides to suck
Lol
Retail store manager be like: "you're still coming into work"
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.
@@emilyncrabbe3681 Awful that there are people making you go to work even with this kind of weather.
Healthcare also.
@@poohvie2513 Healthcare's necessary, retail really isn't.
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,
..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.
I can't imagine a more helpless feeling than watching that kind of wind destroy all those beautiful trees in moments. What a shame 😥
Bc that's microburst. A microburst will slaughter everything and it has 100mph to 130mph wind
A hurricane is much worse as its hours and hours of sustained winds like this. These storms are much faster moving. This would be what a category 3-4ish hurricane would look like but now imagine it lasting 12 hours.. A cat 5 is even worse - talking close to 200mph sustained winds +more with gusts..
@@jmhm17 ofc. That's why it's called "HURRICANE" rofl. But they're still the same. Since a microburst will just burst all the rain and winds from the sky without a warning. Imagine you're driving a car then suddenly a powerful rain and winds that contains 110mph just went out bursting in your area. You could die bc a 100mph wind can flip a car.
Here's some of microburst example. Sometimes microburst can take 1 hour or more like a hurricane. Sometimes half of an hour
ruclips.net/video/WOSFgUFXUCs/видео.html
More helpless would be if the power went out and it destroyed people's houses too, not just trees.
Man I was pulling for that tree. Well done film directors. You created foreshadowing, a main character we were rooting for, anticipation and angst, and a menacing villain with absolutely no narration because it wasn’t needed. Even the background sound effects (the radio warnings and clock ticking) added to the experience. Glad I don’t live in a place that experiences this type of weather. That is terrifying.
The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.
He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.
They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
The portion of Jacob is not like them: for He is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of His inheritance:
The LORD of hosts is His name.
@@jakub8860 there is only one God.
And we can't forget about the sidekick bird feeder
Lmao brilliant comment!
If only the pine tree had rooted as hard as we did :(
Okay I can’t be the only one that just got this in my recommended right?
Nope I did 2
I just got it now too and checking it out
Well, guess YT algorithms are at it again. I just figured that it was recommended to me by RUclips because I always watch tornado videos all the time.
I live maybe a mile away from this and it popped up in my recommendations
I was in my room when this storm struck. 5 minutes its sunny next thing i know the wind kicks up, it becomes dark as night and then the power went down. I quickly knew I had to tail it to the basement. it was very scary. it lasted about two and a half hours before it even remotely calmed down me and my sister who was home at the time were a bit shaky as we had never experienced something like this. after about another hour and a half it was calm enough to go out to pick up downed trees and just seeing all the damage within a shortish time range was depressing. we faired ok after it passed but we were out of power for nearly 12 days.
My Grandparents used to live in Cedar Rapids They Went Outside Today for the Raced Across The Rain Tornado Warning in a couple weeks ago But It it’s heartbreaking losing an old friend
14:13
Me: "No! Not the pine tree!!"
I got so emotional over the pine tree. I felt like the pine tree and I have been best friends for years.
Awww
No spoilers, dammit!
i live in montana...... i was like "well, when that pine tree falls..... THEN! ill be impressed"
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they are built for wind
Same thing lol
Imagine that tree with Christmas lights on😳😔😔😔😔😔
I was in Des Moines and didn’t realize a storm was coming until the tornado sirens went off. I remember looking out the window as it was happening thinking it looked just like the footage from a hurricane. Was a pretty surreal experience.
Yeah, I went over the bridge by the train depot and the river was full of leaves and branches.
Aww man, I was hoping to move to this area, damn, now not so sure
@@metalmonkey6262 This is the first storm like this I’ve seen in my life. There’s the occasional tornado and flooding, but land hurricanes are pretty rare lol
@@Ghostreader198 Ehh the flooding is yearly, but not usually bad enough for the floodgates to close or saylorville to open the emergency spillway.
@@metalmonkey6262 You definitely still should, we very very very rarely get storms like this.
If I ever have to make a suit of armor I’m gonna make it out of that bird feeder
terrorist passport are stronger then planes black boxs should cover armor with that it won't survive but the passports did
wrought iron?
it's been done.
😂😂😂
or just be skinny
Ha
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”
Sounds like a boss
It’s incredible how your normal life can change in a second and how sad it can get when you realize it won’t be the same.