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I'm pretty sure hawkeye will get his power back this weekend unless he already has it back.

Just got power back after 9 days. Won't have wifi for awhile as the cable lines need to be replaced but I can live with that. Finally nice to have A/C going and the fan.

https://kamala.cod.edu/offs/KDVN/2008191630.nwus53.html

DVN found damage consistent with 140 mph winds in a destroyed apartment complex in SW Cedar Rapids.

One week later and I'm still without power. Might not get restored until this weekend. Anyways, I'm glad that I still have a house to live in. Sleeping when the room temperature is in the mid 80s is not pleasant lol.

Possibly only the worst hit areas.

NWS DVN found damage consistent to a category 4 hurricane in Linn County. Winds were up to 130 mph. Of course, I doubt there was ever a derecho that produced winds in the category 5 range. 130 mph is almost as high the winds in a derecho can go.

Late reply here. Trees in the backyard are shredded, as with all of the trees in the neighborhood. No damage to the house asides 3 broken windows. I don't anticipate getting power back until at least Saturday or Sunday. Got battery powered fans and non perishable food from Waterloo Walmart yesterday. Also, very glad that we still have running water. Alliant is going to have a field day taking care of that cluster of shredded trees that brought down power lines behind the house. At least no power poles were snapped near where I live. Worst storm that I've ever been through.

I didn't lose power from this although I had a brownout that lasted for about one second (happened about a minute after the winds started). The complex of storms didn't look too impressive on radar and I figured that we would only get some sub severe wind. Boy was I wrong. Several gusts of up to 60-70 mph here. The worst of the winds happened before the rains started (3-4 minutes), which mean that the gust front was ahead of the complex. Winds lasted a good 7-8 minutes here. Hawkeye surely cashed in on this although as you said, he likely lost power. Over 15k people without power in Linn County right down (down from over 18k a bit earlier). Not as bad as June 30, 2014 (which was the last major straight line wind event here before today).

Well, that was fun. The MCS didn't look impressive on radar but boy did it pack some nasty winds. I got about 6-8 minutes of 60-70 mph gusts. Had a brief brownout about 1 minute after the winds started. The winds came 3-4 minutes before the rain and they were the strongest before the rains hit. Pretty sure hawkeye_wx cashed in on this, although not sure if he has power. I never lost power here.

Compiled this playlist of all of the videos that I could find of the tornadoes on April 27, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLm_yeRok75NttgF3fZOvt2X7dLS5NfJtj

New footage of the Tuscaloosa tornado. At the 35 second mark, you'll notice that it gets dark very quickly. After watching the video a few times, it appears that the tornado passed just feet from their house.

Not sure if anyone has seen this video. An 18-wheeler drives drives right into the tornado. He's lucky since the tornado had weaken to an EF2 when it crossed the interstate.

This is a new video of the joplin tornado. It shows it going from wall cloud to wedge tornado in just 60 seconds.

Where did you hear that from?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EC62TRfuJHY

New footage of the tuscaloosa tornado.

Since yesterday or from today?

Looks just like the andover tornado.