Al Derecho

I learned a new word this week.  After months of learning things like convalescent plasma and proning, and figuring out how vaccine development and strategies work, now i know a word that means an inland hurricane.  A derecho.
We had a storm roar through the center of Iowa and into Illinois, flattening nearly everything in its path.  A clinic we have had the air conditioners blown right off the roof.  Trees were downed, on top of houses, on top of cars, and occasionally on top of people.  The 100 mile an hour wind was accompanied by fierce rain, and power lines were down for days.  Fiber optic cable was severed, and I finally got a taste of what it was like in New Orleans after Katrina.  Climate change couldn't take a vacation for a pandemic.