My wife and I just returned from a pleasant week in Key West, a much needed get away. While in Key West, the Midwest (Iowa, Illinois) was hit with a storm classified as Derecho. We are more accustom with Tornadoes that pass through rapidly and leave a path of destruction, however Im told this lingered in the area from some time before passing. My daughter a nurse while driving to work was forced to stop and abandon her vehicle and take shelter in a Auto repair shop, while in the shop, the storm ripped the roof from the dwelling. I very nice week with moments of terror worrying if your children safety
A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], "straight" as in direction) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system and potentially rivaling hurricanic and tornadic forces.
A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], "straight" as in direction) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system and potentially rivaling hurricanic and tornadic forces.
