8-10-2020 Derecho Storm in Cedar Rapids, IA

Video taken of the storm as it was happening.

[JP-kbyi]

You are so calm during this it’s unbelievable. I lived through the Joplin MO tornado and now when it even thunders my heart and mind star racing.

[jamesh]

Please, for the love of humanity, could the guy in this clip, please share the names of medication he is prescribed and had taken the day of this severe weather event, I'm thinking antidepressants sedatives are base line. His response to the events unfolding about his home are mild with no sense of urgency or alarm, maybe it nescience, maybe meds. At time stamp 04:05-04:12 sums my observations up, oh there goes another branch. It's not natural to be so calm in the face of mother nature's pissed off ugly step sister who's hell bent on your imminent destruction. Classic. Thank You for the upload.

[rethamoore]

Love your neighborhood! So sorry about all that loss. Hope you all were safe.🙏☔⛈💕

[author]

Used to live in Waterloo, IA, but for the last 40+ yrs I've lived in Brevard County, Florida, which includes gong through 10 hurricanes. From the looks of it, it looks like you're having a Cat 2 hurricane.

[kmwrites]

"I was going to trim that up anyways"
midwest stoicism at its best!

[HoBubbls]

hummm! That is interesting? You sir are the definition of Calm before the storm. Hope everything is okay for you and your property!

[carasmussen]

That is so spooky sounding hearing those branches snapping off. Glad you made it through it and you are so calm. As much as I love a good storm if I were there I would of been freaking out.

[LilybethII]

3 years ago I've been through a derecho that lasted 45 minutes with winds up to 105 MPH. It gives me anxiety just to think about it till this day. My house felt like it was about to fall apart, the kitchen windows exploded and rain was pouring inside to the point that we were standing ankles deep in water. I've never been so scared in my life. My whole town didn't have power for the next 13 days after the storm. Pretty much every single building sustained some sort of damage. Entire pine forests were snapped like matches. Cars mangled and pieces of roofs and buildings laying everwhere. A few people were killed including 2 children. It was the worst storm that I've ever experienced and I've been through quite a few. It was the first time that I've been actually scared for my life during a storm. They said it was the worst thunderstorm to hit my area in over 100 years.

[triton]

Awesome video! Really gives me a rush of adrenaline seeing the trees bending at a 90 degree angle, almost like they are going to go over.

[tea_with_talia]

This is a great representation of the roar everyone always associates with tornados!! It really does sound like a train!!!

[richeyrich]

i took a tour through some of the neighborhoods on glass rd just off the interstate a few weeks ago. i was amazed that after four weeks of the storm, logs and branches were piled 10 ft high all along the roads still awaiting to be picked up.

[untamedtiger]

Isn't it sad though that these beautiful trees takes years to get to there majestic look only to be ripped apart by some freaky weather thanks for the vid you are rich in many ways as where you live looks so beautiful

[richardyoung]

If you have storms like this two years in a row you don't get as many limbs and trees down in the second year. The first year has cut all of the weak limbs down. I livs in central Florida. In 2004 we had three near miss hurricanes that came through back to back. We had not had any hurricanes for the previous 40 years. After the first one we had a mountain of downed trees and limbs. Power was out a few days but everything was back to normal in a week. The problem with the derechos is that you don't have much warning to prepare. If you knew it was coming you could fill up your cars'gas tamks (pumps are electric), get or freeze ice, stock up on canned meals and charcoal, put up storm shutters, make sure you have all of your medicines, etc. Been there, done that!

[David-scir]

These storms are devastating... we had a derecho here (Virginia) in 2012, it covered many states and overwhelmed the power companies to repair after it was
over... took 19 days to get power back. I had a generator, but nobody had power to pump gas! Took months to get everything cleaned up from that. Many trees
had to be removed as they were so weakened by the storm and were a fall hazard. Thankfully these are rare events. I hope the best for you all in the recovery.

[peanutsassyathena]

Wow, such pretty trees in your neighborhood. I hate to see that kind of damage. I hope everyone got pets in before the storm hit. Poor fur babies!

[maxrain]

I am so so sorry for the lost of all of your guys trees from that deracheo storm. That was an absolute mess to to deal with not to mention the trees that were over a hundred years old. You can’t replace something like that.

[sandraflinn]

You seem so calm!! I would be freaking out!! Glad you’re safe!!

[janpetry]

Just when you thought it was about over.. Here it comes again!

[tommygreist]

Like a huge tornado.
Great video.
2nd video I've seen where they stand and look out the window with the incoming gusts....
Oh man, gonna get hurt.

[PopLightBrown]

I haven't seen trees bend like that nor seen that much tree damage since I rode out Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago. I also know what it's like to be without power for as long as you guys have; I went a month a half without it after Katrina (I learned to appreciate cold showers). Glad no one was gravely hurt or killed up there.