re: #109 Quoth the raven, Covfefe.

And a tornado’s path is relatively narrow and short, so your odds of getting directly hit by one are pretty astronomical. But they still freak out coastlanders who can’t comprehend a wall of wind blowing upwards of 200 mph.

Oh you are talking about tornados with the “wall of wind bit.”

Being from Ohio, I too am familiar with tornados.

But I was not familiar with another wall of wind that hit a big portion of America from Iowa to the east coast.

A derecho - straight line wind storm.

I got caught trying to get home from where I worked in Delaware county about 20 miles. The most nerve racking dangerous drive ever. I didn’t know the type of storm and had no idea the intensity when our company owner called and told us to get the hell going because he saw it coming.

I couldn’t outrun it. So, I got stuck right in it dodging flying objects, other cars that had drivers freaking out, traffic lights out, debris stacking against the walls on the freeway, etc.

June 2012 North American derecho

A bit of the Wiki page about Ohio:

Moving southeastward to east-southeastward at about 60 mph (95 km/h)—a speed and trajectory that the derecho maintained for its entire lifespan—it followed the stationary front and increased in size as it entered Ohio in the mid-afternoon hours, affecting a large portion of the state. Since the derecho was clearly underway and expected to last a long time, the SPC increased the threat level to a moderate risk of severe weather at 3:37 p.m. EDT (1937 UTC) across Ohio, West Virginia and small portions of neighboring states, warning of the extreme wind threat.[6] It crossed over the Columbus area at approximately 5:00 p.m. EDT, with winds reported to 82 mph (132 km/h) there, and caused severe damage to the power grid in Franklin, Delaware, and Licking Counties. Winds were in excess of 80 mph (128 km/h) as well reported at many other locations across the state