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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Dogs and Cats living together!
We didn’t have enough hurricanes so they started naming tropical storms. :)
Now I even hear they want to start naming Heat Waves. Heat Waves!
Is that like, a kind of jelly?
I believe it is Mex for son-of-a-bitcho.
Just another Spanish word being used by the media to make them feel important.
derecha = right
derecho = forward or straight
Just like temblor instead of earthquake.
The ongoing saga of Hell Year continues.
I had to look it up...never heard of it.
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First it was "haboob", or some such nonsense, instead of dust or sand storm. Now a "derricho" for a strong wind storm. The Balkanization of our language and culture continues.
/spit
SS1
One took out Hood Canal bridge in 1979.
“Derecho. Now that’s a word you don’t hear every day.
Is that like, a kind of jelly?”
More like a sharknado...
i live 10 miles north of the path of this thing...we dodged a bullet in my town
cedar rapids...40 miles south of me...took a major whuppin....looks like a tactical nuke went off down there.
the damage is extensive. I dont think the LSM is paying any attention, since it is flyover country
QualityMan wrote: ...”the damage is extensive. I dont think the LSM is paying any attention, since it is flyover country”
You’re right. I didn’t even know about it until our President’s presser today over here on the other side of the Rockies. The media is only reporting on the current Dem panic over ...the Post Office... of all things. Sheesh.
SS1
I have been praying for our farmers since last year’s floods. They are the life blood of this nation.
God bless,
8 years ago, one came through DC. Not fun.
The world is awash in corn.
Loading up long-term staple buckets now, with vac sealed mylar bags.
Got with a local prep group; establishing our go-to group for strength in numbers when SHTF (alone or household-only, you’ll soon be taken out).
They think it was wind but since this is 2020 it was probably emmer effing Godzilla.
my oldest son works for regional municipality, and they had to take pickup trucks full of gas cans to Cedar Rapids to keep their vehicles down there on the roads....no power, no gas pumps, no gas
a week later, there are still approx 75k without power down there.
it was quite remarkable. a 40 mile wide swath of destruction all across the middle of the state
Anybody who has studied weather patterns should know what a derecho is.
Welcome to the party!
Grocery prices will necessarily skyrocket (gag).
Prepper PING!
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