Deadly Super Derecho Storms Strike

[Beautiful Feet]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...trikes-m/67383


Never in my life have I heard of a derecho storm---but these things are nasty. I know they have existed for awhile but what I find interesting is that as the weather patterns change in these end times, new terminology is becoming a part of the public mindset.

I wonder what else is in store?

The weather folks are forecasting more "derecho" storms for tonight and looking at the temperature maps, many more may be in our future.

I think God is trying to wake up America.

[Shannon9602]

Yes, God is sure trying to wake America up but no one is listening. I think he is also trying to tell Mr. O to stop. Notice how this happened right after the Supreme Court ruled in favor for his healthcare law?

[IMSAVED]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...trikes-m/67383


Never in my life have I heard of a derecho storm---but these things are nasty. I know they have existed for awhile but what I find interesting is that as the weather patterns change in these end times, new terminology is becoming a part of the public mindset.

I wonder what else is in store?

The weather folks are forecasting more "derecho" storms for tonight and looking at the temperature maps, many more may be in our future.

I think God is trying to wake up America.

What is a derecho storm?

[pixelpusher]

What is a derecho storm?

It's Spanish for "straight ahead" the article said. They are straight-line winds of at least 50-some mph... aka a "land hurricane".

Tho it may blow walls down, it apparently doesn't rhyme with "Jericho", but is more like "day-ray-sho".

[IMSAVED]

It's Spanish for "straight ahead" the article said. They are straight-line winds of at least 50-some mph... aka a "land hurricane".

Tho it may blow walls down, it apparently doesn't rhyme with "Jericho", but is more like "day-ray-sho".

Thanks. That is news to me.

[savedatcamp]

It was so hot yesterday here in Indy, then this storm appeared and wow.... HIGH winds, power out for 5 hours and only a few drops of rain. Much worse in Northern In...I heard via the radio 91 MPH winds in Ft Wayne. I called my son while the storm was going on and said....I think God is trying to get out attention....my son agreed. This summer weather seems somehow different this yr. Maybe it's just me, but.......

[GR_78]

I made the mistake of leaving the kids pool out yesterday. I looked up about 5 pm just in time to see it get lifted up and whipped around the side of the house. Fortunately, it smashed against one of my neighbor's fences and they grabbed it for me.

The worst of it was when I saw the swingset flexing back and forth in the wind. Usually it requires both kids to be swinging on it as hard as possible to flex it like that. I honestly wondered if any part of it would get torn off in the wind.

Still, we got off pretty easy compared to other areas of the country. Even the rain was over by 6 pm.

[IamHis]

I have never heard the term derecho before. When these kind of storms happened
in the past, we called it a 'wall wind'. The wind comes across the landscape like
a wave, and hits with brute force. Happened in '98 when we first moved into our
new place, the very first night in fact. It literally rocked the house. Scary stuff.
Gee, ain't the end times interestin'?

[Buzzardhut]

http://www.livescience.com/8586-huge...r-derecho.html

A derecho (from the Spanish adverb for "straight") is a long-lived windstorm that forms in a straight line — unlike the swirling winds of a tornado — and is associated with what's known as a bow echo, a line of severe thunderstorms. The term "derecho" was first used over a century ago to describe a storm in Iowa. Across the United States there are generally one to three derecho events each year.

The May 8, 2009, derecho, however, was in a league of its own. An intense vortex and eye-like structure similar to what forms at the center of tropical cyclones (the generic name for tropical storms and hurricanes) appeared in the bow echo, said study team member Clark Evans of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, in Boulder, Colo.

The storm gained strength as it moved across Kansas in the early morning, spinning off 18 tornadoes and packing wind speeds from 70 to 90 mph (115 to 145 kph) when it hit Springfield, Mo. The super derecho plowed a path of destruction through the state about 100 miles (62 kilometers) wide, crossed the Mississippi River with 90 to 100 mph (145 to 160 kph) wind gusts and blew through Illinois before dissipating at that state's eastern border.

Twenty-four hours in advance, scientists were able to predict what the storm would look like, producing the highest-resolution, most accurate real-time forecast to date of such an event. The data from the forecast are now helping storm-studying scientists understand how and why the derecho became so intense.

"We are currently in the process of determining how the super derecho developed and evolved, seeking to understand how and why it became so strong as compared to other derecho events," Evans said. "We also want to know how and why the eye-like structure and associated intense area of low pressure developed, especially given the exceedingly rare nature of these features."

[IMSAVED]

Scary stuff.

[ANewCreature]

I'm sure I'm not the only one who read that as "super drencho" and expected some serious rain somewhere.

I don't know if that's what ours was classified as when we had winds of 50 MPH or so for a while in NE Ohio, I know they said it was the remnants of a hurricane a few years ago, so I don't know if that qualifies, but that is really scary what the weather can do. Thankfully, God is in control.

[raml]

I remember the super drencho that hit in 2009. I lost my electricity for 3 days and our neighborhood was covered in tree branches and shingles from homes. Luckily it wasn't real warm after it hit but I did have a generator I used. I was talking to a friend when I looked out my front door and saw the wind coming. Yes saw with all the debris you could actually see it coming I closed my front door and told my friend to take cover that something was hitting us she lived about a block from me. After it hit she used her cell to call the school and they said that she should pick up her son that no buses would be able to take the children home. She came and picked me up and after a few trees were moved by the men at home in the neighborhood we could get out. It was a mess on the roads but we could get through till we got to more side streets then we had to take a very long route to finally get to the school. There was a huge tree that was across teh sidewalk leading up to the school and almost blocked the front door but we managed to pick him up. There were trees that landed right in the middle of some of the homes it was a real mess and a lot of roads had large tree in them. We really thought that was quite a storm till we learned better in May of 2011 when we were hit by the worst tornado since 1947 that included 161 deaths.

[OnlyHIM!]

This storm went right through Fort Wayne, In. I was in my office downtown and can honestly say this was a much different kind of storm. I have never seen anything like it.

[Wishing4]

I think God is trying to wake up America.

I think so, too. I started thinking that last spring. He got my attention. Thankfully I was already a Christian, but now I'm a watcher too.

Never heard of a derecho. Don't care to experience one either.

[IMSAVED]

http://www.accuweather.com/en/weathe...trikes-m/67383


Never in my life have I heard of a derecho storm---but these things are nasty. I know they have existed for awhile but what I find interesting is that as the weather patterns change in these end times, new terminology is becoming a part of the public mindset.

I wonder what else is in store?

The weather folks are forecasting more "derecho" storms for tonight and looking at the temperature maps, many more may be in our future.

I think God is trying to wake up America.

Yes,God is trying to say "Come To Me".

[$teve]

Three states declared states of emergency from these storms and some 12 people have been killed as I read on Fox news. Man the US is really getting battered.

[In Christ]

Well I am back on, been without power since 10:30 last night. That was one heck of a storm, we have 3 trees down and my daughters outdoor playset (large wood kind) is in shambles. I was thanking God that we did not get worse. I think we had 5 million or so in the mid-atlantic lose power with most still without it. The temps with the humidity are hard to handle without AC. As the news shows, there are trees down everywhere.

I the rest get their power back soon...

[Poppycat]

We had these storm recently, awful stuff. Our Bureau of Meteorology didn't call them derecho storms but your description is the same. Weird storms that came at the tail end of a really hot summer period with extremely high humidity (for us anyway).

[tbrian40]

Interesting that it travelled from Chicago to D.C. BHO's path to the presidency. Wow! Praying for the families who lost loved ones in this.

[lrobinso]

Ah! So Derecho is a THING, not a place. I saw an article title earlier on a website that said something about a strong Derecho storm, and just thought that Derecho was the place the storm hit. I feel enlightened now.