Yep! Every pig won't make it. The Hogs will have a hard time too but the farmers will find a way for me to get a pork chop.
Nasty weather
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https://www.severe-weather.eu/global-weather/derecho-midwest-united-states-mk/
Midway and Hiawatha are 30 miles from me near Cedar Rapids.
Midway and Hiawatha are 30 miles from me near Cedar Rapids.
I'm half way between Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.... lucked out. This wind even crinkled Harvestore silos. The drone footage below is pretty common.
National Weather Service estimates peak derecho wind of 130 mph
https://www.kcrg.com/2020/08/17/national-weather-service-estimates-peak-derecho-wind-of-130-mph/
National Weather Service estimates peak derecho wind of 130 mph
https://www.kcrg.com/2020/08/17/national-weather-service-estimates-peak-derecho-wind-of-130-mph/
Field hasn't been harvested.
Good humor on the house.
Good humor on the house.
The news guy here in DSM was saying there were constant winds of 140mph like an EF3 tornado. NUTS!
Friggin weather men/news/tv had hours to track this storm.....NO WARNINGS....the full-time Emergency Management people should be fired.
We had about 3 minutes from when the sirens started until the wind hit here. Never heard why they turned them on because no tornados were on the ground that I know of.
The siren is actually across the street from our house. The Stucco exterior does a good job of keeping the sound down but my 20 month old has PTSD from the siren. As soon as it goes off he shakes like he was just pulled out of an iced over lake. We clap, play along and cheer like the siren is a party noise to be happy about. Seems to calm him down a little. We pray for them to turn it off whether its a test or a serious storm because it scares the life out of him. Out of the blue on any day he will bring up the siren and he runs and points outside and asks us where the siren is and tells us its gone but he is very very worried. Hopefully he will grow out of it soon. I remember as a little kid being scared of the TOMATOES that spin around when the sirens come on. I hope he doesn't remember how scared he gets.
Atkins, Iowa confirms report of 126 mph wind gust breaking a record
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/atkins-iowa-confirms-report-of-126-mph-wind-gust-breaking-a-record
https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/atkins-iowa-confirms-report-of-126-mph-wind-gust-breaking-a-record
Have you tried earplugs Randy....for the boy???? Not funny.
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Might have him play with his ear protection for when we go drag racing, the headset is pretty good. Inside our house it really isn't loud. I actually think its the whale of the sound up and down that scares him more than the loudness.
My grandson, had the same fear, along with another sickness. 
We had a wicked storm, also one day. There were tree branches, all over our yard. My wife and I were checking out the damage. The sirens were blaring, because other people had damage also.
We could tell, he was scared. Out of the blue, he asked my wife "Grandma, are we gonna die"
He was around 7 or 8, at the time.
We had a wicked storm, also one day. There were tree branches, all over our yard. My wife and I were checking out the damage. The sirens were blaring, because other people had damage also. We could tell, he was scared. Out of the blue, he asked my wife "Grandma, are we gonna die"He was around 7 or 8, at the time.