Posted on 08/18/2020 9:58:54 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
A devastating derecho ripped through several Midwest states on August 10, 2020, leaving a path of destruction, more than 1.5 million customers without power, and more than 404 600 hectares (1 million acres) of destroyed or damaged crops. Northern Illinois University meteorology professor Victor Gensini described the event as one of the worst weather events of 2020 in the United States.
The storm ripped through the heart of the Corn Belt - a region of the Midwestern United States that has dominated corn production in the country since the 1850s, with winds gusts up to 180 km/h (112 mph), causing huge economic impact which is expected to be widespread across the farming community.
"The price of corn is going for about 3 dollars and 25 cents a bushel. So the overall economic impact could be 3.2 BILLION dollars if we can’t salvage some of the crop that was damaged," WeatherNation reports.
"Whatever happens on the farm… the consumers are going to feel it. That is just the way it goes," Ty Higgins from the Ohio Farm Bureau said.
Consumers nationwide could be in store for higher meat prices and increased fuel prices toward the end of the year, Higgins said, adding that it doesn’t stop there.
"Trickle-down effects could even carry over into next year as a direct result of the derecho. A lot of the damaged fields were actually growing corn seeds for planting in the 2021 season. And so farmers are worried that there might be a shortage of seed corn for next year."
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More crop destruction to US Farmlands.
A simple google search will provide dozens or articles on the devastation as well.
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Derecho. Now that’s a word you don’t hear every day.
Is that like, a kind of jelly?
“Is that like, a kind of jelly?”
Yes, the bouncy type that topples buildings.
What flavors does it come in? :)
I think it’s Mexican jelly.
Man, It’s looking more like the 1930’s with both political AND natural disasters.
“Derecho. Now that’s a word you don’t hear every day.”
Indeed! I usually test very well when it comes to vocabulary but I’d never seen that word in my life until reading about this event. I had to look it up! Now that I have, I like the word but I don’t think the opportunity to use it will be frequent.
Ten million acres of crops affected. Not clear what actual losses will be.
Won’t much affect the overall corn crop, expected to be a record at over 15 billion bushels.
I did the same thing.
BTW, I’m 66 and that’s the first time I’ve seen it. Now I gotta practice using it in a sentence. “Young lady, your room looks like the aftermath of a derecho”
“After woodstock, the whole area looked like it had been hit by a human derecho.”
That thing plastered my town and county. It was like a straight-line tornado several counties wide.
Stupid
The First Named Derecho July 31, 1877 - The severe windstorm crossing Iowa that Prof. Gustavus Hinrichs identified as something special, and named the “derecho” for its straight (rather than spiraling) winds.
It has been a biblical year. I can’t wait for the locust plague and the rivers to run red.
I watch the Weather Channel. They taught me the word “derecho” 2 months ago. Woo hoo!
Careful what you wish for!
That’s about it.
People think it has to be a tornado that causes that kind of damage, but straight line winds can do that and more, as a derecho is a larger event.
Remember when it was just called “Weather”?
Now every weather event has to have a specific name.
Derechos have been known for quite a while,
They just aren’t so common so peopl don’t hear much about them.
It’s certainly not something someone just made up recently.
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