Did ANYONE hear about the derecho that hit MO and IL on May 8???

[The Lunchbox]

Southern Illinois had a crazy ass storm, dubbed an inland hurricane by the NWS, on May 8. Did anyone hear about this or did it make national news?

 

[subigo]

No. Nobody heard about it.

http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/58945-derecho.html

 

[jryan21]

This just goes to show how biased the media can be- if it were an izquierdo, they'd be talking about it so much we wouldn't know shit about swine flu.

 

[The Lunchbox]

Here's a video of some guys who had a huge oak tree fall on their house and car in Carbondale.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMr_M1GlHYE]YouTube - Carbondale Derecho Storm - 5/8/09[/ame]

 

[neablas]

nawh - the news only cares about real hurricanes

 

[turpentine]

...in places that matter

 

[nat3r]

i goto college in Dupage and i didn't even hear of it

 

[The Lunchbox]

That's crazy, nothing on WGN or any news stations?

 

[clashctyrokr]

This just goes to show how biased the media can be- if it were an izquierdo, they'd be talking about it so much we wouldn't know shit about swine flu.

Derecho is straight. Derecha is right.

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[NetMillion]

I live in Missouri and didn't even hear about it

 

[The Lunchbox]

That's crazy, we didn't have power for almost a week.

 

[gutterseo]

That video is pritty sick. Sorry for short reply... Is severely drunk.

 

[CSampson]

that wind was nowhere near 100mph!

 

[The Lunchbox]

There was a wind monitor on the top of one of the SIU residence hall towers that was blown off of the building at 106 mph.