[dirtboy]

From the East Coast, past Illinois, up to 3 million people have been without electrical power, and so the first suspects to be considered responsible for the catastrophes are, of course, the Environmental Protection Agency and its environmentally ill allies like the Sierra Club, as well as President Obama.

Uh, no.

It was a big honkin' derecho. Look up the term and the news before making such an uniformed claim.

There will be brownouts and blackouts because of EPA policy regarding coal plants. This is not one of those.

[dirtboy]

Er, uninformed claim.

[pingman]

It was a big honkin’ “unexpected” derecho. Central planning fail.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***It was a big honkin’ derecho.***

Just say THUNDERSTORM. It’s easier to remember.

Haboob? just say sandstorm.

Remember when NBC tried to coin a new word...”Thorms” and it went over like a lead balloon.