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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Yep. The 2012 Derecho destroyed power for millions of people. I remember my own power being out, and driving to work, my own vision was provided nearly entirely by my own headlights. Damn near the entire power grid along my commute route (36 miles) was down. What a mess!
locust plagues already in many parts of the world ...
I’ve never studied weather patterns, but have been nearly killed by them at least three times - at sea, in the woods and in an airplane.
He who has ears to hear...
A million acres is a LOT of acres. It’s roughly a 40 mile by 40 mile chunk of land.
However, there are nearly a hundred million acres of corn grown in the US each year. so that’s just a bit over 1 percent of the total. Now, that’s bad, and it’s devastating to the farmers with ruined crops, but it’s not really a catastrophe for the US in totality.
metmom :" 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."
news source :
https://www.agweb.com/article/pro-farmers-first-thing-today-derecho-damage-crop-progress-and-more
"A storm packing winds in excess of 100 miles per hour moved across Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and parts of Illinois yesterday,
with the National Weather Service classifying the storm as “derecho.”
The winds flattened crops, toppled grain bins and semis, damaged livestock operations and left more than 500,000 without power.
Cargill Inc.’s oilseed processing facilities in Cedar Rapids are closed due to the loss of power, as is Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s corn processing plant there."
"Flooding in China this growing season has destroyed around 13 million acres of farmland in China, destroying $1.7 billion worth of crops
and $19 billion worth of infrastructure, according to a report from CNN China.
The flooding came just as rice was ready to harvest."
According to USDA, there is enough corn in reserves to meet any trade agreements.
Harvest in the Iowa corn belt is still estimating the damage and see what is harvest able.
Some crop reserves will be diminshed, especially corn and wheat; winter wheat has already been harvested.
metmom :" 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."
news source :
https://www.agweb.com/article/pro-farmers-first-thing-today-derecho-damage-crop-progress-and-more
"A storm packing winds in excess of 100 miles per hour moved across Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin and parts of Illinois yesterday,
with the National Weather Service classifying the storm as “derecho.”
The winds flattened crops, toppled grain bins and semis, damaged livestock operations and left more than 500,000 without power.
Cargill Inc.’s oilseed processing facilities in Cedar Rapids are closed due to the loss of power, as is Archer Daniels Midland Co.’s corn processing plant there."
"Flooding in China this growing season has destroyed around 13 million acres of farmland in China, destroying $1.7 billion worth of crops
and $19 billion worth of infrastructure, according to a report from CNN China.
The flooding came just as rice was ready to harvest."
According to USDA, there is enough corn in reserves to meet any trade agreements.
Harvest in the Iowa corn belt is still estimating the damage and see what is harvest able.
Some crop reserves will be diminshed, especially corn and wheat; winter wheat has already been harvested.
Poor Iowa. I drove through there last year during the floods - so sad to see field after field underwater or full of mud, now this.
I wonder if “derecho” has ever shown up on Jeopardy?
We had one that hit Atlanta pretty good about 6 years ago. Took out power in my neighborhood, dropped trees such that the major entrances/exits to my neighborhood were all blocked, you had to know the back ways out to exit.
“derecho? Derecho? give me a break. the weather people so bored they gotta invent polar vortex and dericho. Whats next? a polar Blarphnarg!
Stupid”
The weather people of today didn’t invent the term. The term has been around for centuries.
You might not want to use the word “stupid” next time because it make you look stupid.
I like “mummy sandstorm” over “haboob”.
God indeed judges nations. He hasn’t changed his methods and this kind of thing will continue to increase until a nation either repents or is destroyed.
I’m buying local and canning and freezing as much as possible.
Just talked to a friend tonight and she told me that every time she goes out shopping, she buys a little extra to stock up.
Don’t count on that.
“Deretcho in the toilet bowlo after an uncooked beef-o burrito!
A EF-0 tornado (73mph sustained) went thru Crystal and Robbinsdale, Minnesota about 5 miles from Minneapolis this past friday. Yellow and orange skies. My sister lives in the area and her neighbors lost some trees. Big ones snap in two and or stripped of branches.
I’ve been watching this since the storm first hit. I had seen lots of pictures of the damage, but no numbers.
Really glad I planted a huge garden this year.
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