Storm Damage Picture

David G · Aug 13, 2020

Here is interesting shot from space of lights before and after.

David G · Aug 13, 2020

Did not work

Janicholson · Aug 13, 2020

both look kinda white on my screen. Jim

David G · Aug 13, 2020

Here is link

Our area looks like North Korea at night.

Only 20% of my county has power, and that includes Cedar Rapids with 150,000 people.
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Janicholson · Aug 13, 2020

I have a map secured to a bulletin board of north/south Koreas That is close. I am glad you are getting it under control. Jim

DoubleO7 · Aug 13, 2020

I have not seen in these YT threads, what type of storm was this?
Tornado?

paul · Aug 13, 2020

We’ve mentioned it, Iowa got hit with that 70-120 mph wind that rolled across 1/3 to half the state. Lots of damage. They say maybe 10 million acres of crops damaged
to some degree, and maybe 25% of the grain bins got damaged.

It’s a really big and bad deal, it was a hurricane without the coast line. But it’s just fly over land, so it gets mentioned by main stream media in a 5 minute blurb and
never to be bothered with again. If this had hit a coastal state there would be 7 days of news coverage and breaking stories every 2 hours......

You know, just a rural deal, not important.

Paul

bmack95hd · Aug 13, 2020

Power outage quite significant. Looks mostly rural?

JamesJTX · Aug 13, 2020

Granddaughter lives in Davenport and are out of power also.

john in la · Aug 13, 2020

It’s what they call a derecho storm.

Under the right conditions of heat; evaporation; and
cooling air as it rises it creates a strong down burst
that when it hits the ground it becomes straight line
winds that can top 100 mph.

As long as the storm line is moving into warm humid
air it can go on for hundreds of miles. Same
convection that makes a hurricane over warm water.

Hazyhillfarms · Aug 13, 2020

I know we have crews out there from Michigan trying to get the lights back on.

bentstick · Aug 13, 2020

My son is on his way from a week and a half in Conn. They were released this am and heading to west Illinois trying to help get power on to those that have none. He is also from Mi.

gab · Aug 13, 2020

I lucked out on that storm, all the weather warnings on tv and radio kept saying 70 to 100 mph winds. There was some stiff wind but didn't hurt anything but my sweet corn. Foreston Il. got flattened fifteen miles south of me. Rockford area to the east had some twisters, there was four inches of rain to the north and I got two and a half.

However in 1999 straight line wind blew a cattle shed through the upstairs of the house, couldn't take another one of them.

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