Derecho storm in Ottawa, Illinois on 8/10/2020 showing transformer explosion.

[@cstupi]

Wow for a min it looked like a torando touched down when it blew..if you look at the clouds u can see it after it blows up!

[@anazeglis6452]

A tornado did go through and Ik bc I live in ottawa

[@pennyconley4439]

That’s what I thought I saw

[@Orcawhale4life]

14 tornados touched down that day in IL alone. Craziest thing to experience

[@dougbadgley6031]

One of the strongest derechos I have seen during the month of August.

[@stevechurch2222]

My wife and I live in Marshalltown,Iowa and had 112 mph winds without power for 4 days and without tv,phone and internet for 9 days.

[@tvold9204]

well actually the highest gust in marshalltown was 106mph and thats not sustained, sustained was 70-80, making the iowa derecho in iowa if it was a hurricane a cat 1 hurricane, but it was hitting people who have never experienced a hurricane or hurricane force winds before, and infastructure that wasnt built for that, that is why it was bad. Also i lost my house sustained wind that makes the derecho look pathetic during hurricane irma in 2017.

[@tvold9204]

also the 112mph gust was in cedar rapids

[@ochsj1971]

In Benton Harbor, MI, the winds were at 80 mph, and I lost power for 3 days.

[@andyguerrette3014]

My house in Joliet IL too lost power for 4 days

[@tvold9204]

@Le Tigidou You might have. There was a damage estimate in a small area just southwest of cedar rapids where a damage survey team concluded in that little area, a gust up to 140 may have occurred. Highest officially measured by anywhere in iowa from this storm was 126 in atkins, ia.

[@neuenkirchenash689]

This day was crazy! Soo many roads were blocked off and trees just EVERYWHERE!

[@DunaBallCountryBall]

For ظظظظظظكككككككككككككككك

[@sameeknowsitall]

Yep. From cedar rapid to chicago iowa city this thing tore through the midwest from south Dakota all the way to ohio

[@anazeglis6452]

This is a bad angle of the storm bc where I live in Ottawa the sky was pitch black it was freaky and windy

[@Prodbybxttery]

At least it wasn't like cedar rapids des moines iowa city or davenport but still a horrible horrible derencho

[@quantumcat7673]

I wonder if Ottawa, Ill was created before Ottawa, Ont.

[@Anonymous-xh7tw]

Is anyone gonna talk about the COUNTLESS names the US has opted from other countries? You will find an ottawa in the US you will find Sydney you will find York uou will find Damascus almost any city around the world you can think of.

[@tamarawalther4524]

They don't record the storms long enough to GRT the full storm activity.

[@XDeadBeDX]

Looks so calm compared to Cedar Rapids, wish we got this end of the storm

[@anazeglis6452]

No u don’t even tho it looks calm it was NOT calm I live in Ottawa so ik

[@XDeadBeDX]

@@anazeglis6452 all I was saying was that it wasn't the 140mph winds we experienced. I live in Cedar Rapids so I know.

[@anazeglis6452]

Rutayu Well ya we got 100mph not as bad but still bad

[@progenitor_amborella]

@@XDeadBeDX If you were on the very west of the SW side it was INCREDIBLY intense, more so than the rest of CR. I saw trees debarked in Fairfax, even.

[@tvold9204]

@@XDeadBeDX cedar rapids recorded 88 mph sustained winds and a gust to 112.

[@jeannawilson662]

Cedar Rapids, IA - w/out power for 11 days .. still have trees down that need removal.

[@tvold9204]

you know that a gust to 112 mph was recorded in cedar rapids, right?

[@tvold9204]

it was pretty bad in your area.

[@jeannawilson662]

@@tvold9204 yuppers

[@jeannawilson662]

@@tvold9204 I was fortunate - lost one tree and the top of another. House intact.

[@thomasmascaro2086]

IVE SEEN ALOT WORSE. THIS WAS A DOWNDRAFT AND A LITTLE SHOWER.

[@MrMannMC]

I remember this very much I live therr

[@SuddenUpdraft]

You can see power flashes.

[@clydealmoliwag5813]

Nya~

[@rhondasuehaleyoung7548]

Vapors of pods of bars out of left the fuvks of how zooos exstion yo

[@nishantjoshi1989]

Horrible 🙀