[cuban leaf]

Derecho. Now that’s a word you don’t hear every day.

Is that like, a kind of jelly?

[Roman_War_Criminal]

“Is that like, a kind of jelly?”

Yes, the bouncy type that topples buildings.

[EEGator]

I think it’s Mexican jelly.

[Bayan]

“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.

[dfwgator]

Remember when it was just called “Weather”?

Now every weather event has to have a specific name.

[Fightin Whitey]

Derecho.

Is that like, a kind of jelly?

I believe it is Mex for son-of-a-bitcho.

[Karoo]

I had to look it up...never heard of it.

[steve86]

One took out Hood Canal bridge in 1979.

[Clutch Martin]

“Derecho. Now that’s a word you don’t hear every day.

Is that like, a kind of jelly?”

More like a sharknado...