One of the gods I worship is Storm Spirit. This awe-inspiring thunder bringer has a way of reminding humans who is really in charge, and yesterday, a particularly powerful Storm Spirit slammed my homeland. This, I could tell, was unusually vicious for a Storm Spirit. This was something different.
Enter the derecho, a term used to describe massive storms that create hurricane-force straight line winds in the heartland of a continent. The result? Corn fields flattened, grain bins destroyed, roofs stripped off, metal street lights snapped, elder trees slaughtered, semi trucks flipped, impassable roads, and hundreds of thousands of humans without power. We had maybe fifteen minutes of warning that this was coming.
Enter the derecho, a term used to describe massive storms that create hurricane-force straight line winds in the heartland of a continent. The result? Corn fields flattened, grain bins destroyed, roofs stripped off, metal street lights snapped, elder trees slaughtered, semi trucks flipped, impassable roads, and hundreds of thousands of humans without power. We had maybe fifteen minutes of warning that this was coming.
"The storm known as a derecho lasted several hours Monday as it tore from eastern Nebraska across Iowa and parts of Wisconsin and Illinois, had the wind speed of a major hurricane, and likely caused more widespread damage than a normal tornado, said Patrick Marsh, science support chief at the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma."
Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Midwest
For those of you living in the Land of Corn, take care. This Storm Spirit was a doozy. We won't know the full extent of the damage for a while. Optimistically, I'm hoping to have power back at home by this evening. Still, there are some blessings to be had with the passage of this Storm. With so little light pollution, I got a fantastic view of the stars last night. It was beautiful! Powerful derecho leaves path of devastation across Midwest