Cedar Rapids Derecho Live Camera Aug 10, 2020

A fast-moving derecho storm raced across Iowa on August 10, devastating everything in its path for hundreds of miles. The damage in this area of Iowa was like being hit by a 40 mile wide tornado.
Before heading to the basement, I pointed my camera out the front window and hit record. It recorded the first 30 minutes of the storm as it busts up our neighborhood.

[repnatl]

I wanna know where they bought that bird feeder from. Solid.

[jona_le_mus]

Trees break in half, trees get ripped from their roots but that gosh dang bird feeder man.

[kayla]

That was such a pretty tree in front of your house. Shame.

[PraisingWithFriends]

I remember my boss coming to my office that day and saying “Go home right now. Be with your wife and son.” As I drove home I saw it roll in over interstate 75 and felt my ears pop. It was a scary drive home.

[RIXRADvidz]

14:15, a brave soul put up the good fight but alas was snapped off at the base and laid to waste. A moment of silence for the loss of a Beautiful tree.

[Dyrnwyn]

Someone left the house's turn signal on.

[MR.JUN]

I want a relationship strong as that bird feeder..

[Adam_Wroblewski]

0:00 Warning for the Derecho
0:14 Derecho starts
0:34 Rain starts
2:25 Debris starts to fly
4:59 Derecho strengthens
5:09 Huge gusts start
5:21 More debris fly
5:38 Bush flies on driveway
5:45 Alarm
9:04 Visibility Lowers
10:34 Small tree falls
13:16 Tree in the background falls
14:09 Spruce Tree falls with a smaller tree
16:16 Almost zero visibility
26:39 Zero Visibilty
29:58 End if Video

[sporepics]

Gym teachers: the weather is fine we're going outside.

[vasmajority]

That bird feeder ad was almost 30 minutes long.

[esco]

Bosses be like: you're still on your way to work rn right?

[Gregory_TheWatchman]

@ 0:22..."It's just ah gust"...and then BAM! We went through two Derechos back in VA in 2012 and 2013 and I tell you, they are NO JOKE! It's very close to tornadic activity. Brought down several pine trees and you know, those trees are flexible. That was amazing footage which shows the power of these Derechos. Glad no one was injured.

[tiagocampos]

Emergency broadcasts give me more anxiety than the disasters themselves

[leaf]

Darn. I was cheering for that beautifully shaped spruce tree. Rip

[SeanAFoXy]

I wish more storm videos were like this, no holding the camera, not much talking, Good view of wind, perfect audio, great quality. and nobody had to do stupid shit to get the video recorded, nor did 99% of the storm get deleted.

[WhisperingPeace]

Truly one of the most captivating, heartbreaking, soul-ripping, extraordinary weather videos I have watched. I'm so glad that you all were safe. I won't lie, thiugh, I shed some tears seeing all of that destruction to the trees, especially your beautiful pine tree. The video so clearly shows why that historic derecho is referred to as an inland hurricane. God bless you all. 🙏

[alitlweird]

It’s always heartbreaking when a tree gets snapped in half. it obviously had been there a long time. It’s like losing an old friend.

[HappyFlapps]

The trees coming down are scary, but what I found most unsettling is when you could no longer even see your neighbor's house across the street.

[mcgrubbermd]

Never been so emotionally attached to a pine tree before

[Riververchi]

This is insane. I've never seen anything like this. What I find the craziest is how peaceful and silent does it gets in between sometimes. And then it turns absolutely insane...