LIVE: Derecho Aims East, Threatens Chicago, Detroit

Accuweather ^

[gusopol3]

Severe weather will lash through areas from the Midwest to the Great Lakes into Tuesday, hitting some of the major cities in the United States, including Chicago, St. Louis and Detroit.

[PA Engineer]

When did they start using the term derecho? The first time I heard the term was down in Guaymas about 30 years ago. it was an impressive storm. I had never heard the term used since to describe a storm in the U.S. until a couple years ago.

In the summer of 1999 we had strait line winds that were incredibly destructive. All of our black cherry and a couple of hickory were blown down. Power was out for six days and many roads were impassable.

They concluded it was a derecho and not a tornado and they actually walked our property as part of the survey. Sadly, I'm sure they will do the "climate change" abuse thing with this.

[matt04]

95 sounds about right for that storm. We were lucky, only damage was a few small branches and some trees that were scheduled to come down.

[HiTech RedNeck]

It’s a LITTLE more descriptive than “windstorm.” A derecho, which comes from a Spanish term related to the English “direct,” features very fast, straight winds; a windstorm could have straight or swirling or shifting winds. Certain storm formations can constrict and guide winds into a straight path.

I’m gonna HUFF and I’m gonna PUFF and I’m gonna BLOWWWWWWWWW your house down..... /bigbadwolf

[cripplecreek]

We got lots of rain and lightning but the wind wasn’t too bad.

[Hot Tabasco]

This is the first time I’ve ever heard of Derecho. Reading the title I thought it was about a Mexican drug cartel......LOL!

[fivecatsandadog]

65 mph wind gust around 3 am here in Chelsea.

[meowmeow]

The one we had in the mid-atlantic region a couple years ago was a lot more destructive than our average thunderstorm. There was no ramp up...went from still and quiet to KA-POW! Immediately lost power. And then it was over. It was like a 10 minute hurricane.

[mware]

Don’t want any parts of a derecho. The last time it went through S.Jersey my friends were without electricity for 5 days.

[mware]

Two years ago one went through our area. It is more than a thunderstorm I can tell you. One homeowner had 7 trees go down in their yard. Missed the house completely but took out the car.

[metmom]

The one we had in the mid-atlantic region a couple years ago was a lot more destructive than our average thunderstorm. There was no ramp up...went from still and quiet to KA-POW! Immediately lost power.

They do that. Ours in '95 was the same way, but it lasted for 35 minutes.

[Shadowstrike]

c’mon, don’t nit-pick. You know what I meant.

[Shadowstrike]

and that's my problem with it.

Everyone wants to sound so friggin’ superior to the lowly idiots that they broadcast to.

Just tell me the weather, don't pretty it up, or act like a clown. When they start that I change the channel.

It's like calling a storm that was a Hurricane by the name it was given when it's just a thunderstorm, and I've actually SEEN the morons do that.

Thunderstorm (insert name) which used to be Hurricane Blah-Blah.

[jjotto]

The name ‘derecho’ was actually invented in Iowa in the 1880s, where long t-storm lines are common.

It’s current use is intended to convey the idea that the phenomenon is newer or more frequent than in the past as part of the ‘climate disuption’ meme.

[Shadowstrike]

even more reason for me to avoid the name as there is no climate disruption.