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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(59,750 posts) Sun Aug 11, 2024, 03:32 PM Aug 11

On August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_10

• 2020 – Derecho in Iowa becomes the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. history.

Thu Aug 10, 2023: On this day, August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S.

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On August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 11 OP

We were just getting ready to go shopping in Iowa City rurallib Aug 11 #1

rurallib

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1. We were just getting ready to go shopping in Iowa City

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Sun Aug 11, 2024, 04:29 PM

Aug 11

When our SIL called and told us to hunker down.
He had a close friend who worked at the weather bureau. His friend called our SIL and asked our SIL if he had relatives in Iowa. When SIL said yes he did, the friend told our SIL to call them immediately to tell us to take shelter. Two minutes later and we would have been on the road.

The storm hit about ten minutes later. Jess it got black fast that day.

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