Nothing much going on here

 78º at 10:30 am here in Clarinda, IA with predicted high of 87º today.

Last Monday a very big, fast moving, storm went through central Iowa.  In eastern Iowa, where our son and family live, they believed they had winds from 70 to 102 miles per hour.

These photos are from them, taken shortly after the storm abated. 

Photo at right is looking south, just outside the west side of their house.  This huge tree would have done terrific damage to the house had it fallen a little to the east

This huge storm damaged over 10 million acres of corn in Iowa.  Here is a link to Successful Farming story on the storm.  https://www.agriculture.com/video/iowas-derecho-by-the-numbers

After cleaning up the small stuff, this major tree will have to be
commercially removed.

These are some photos of the crop damage in central Iowa.

We only had a short gust of wind that day and a few drops of rain.  Lucky by location. 

Derecho

Check out this incredible 14-hour GOES East storm-centered IR coverage of the destructive derecho that swept across the Midwest on Monday starting with initiation in Iowa to the formation of a classic bow shaped leading edge racing toward Michigan and Indiana. (Credit: W. Churchill) For a complete list of storm reports visit the SPC at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/200810_rpts.html

Our youngest granddaughter, Emily, celebrated her 28th birthday Wednesday with her boyfriend, sister and family and her Mom & Dad at Iowa River Power Restaurant in Coralville, IA.

Still staying around the place, mostly.

Lynn