Are you talking about a/the derrecho? We had one here in July 2011. I was washing dishes about 8 in the morning and it was raining out. I heard a thump and was like "did a tree just hit our house??!" I looked out the window and the cornfield behind my house was FLAT on the ground from the wind!

I thought there was a tornado coming. I grabbed the youngest kids and yelled for the dogs and we hid in the basement bathroom. When it was over, I went out and we had two trees down in our yard and were without power for four days (no power = no well = no bueno

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I am from Florida and have ridden out several hurricanes - but this derrecho storm was bad news bears.

Stay safe plutospalforever!