I was in Lutsen at Eagle's Ridge that day. Our condo looked inland towards the valley between the first plateau at the run up from lake Superior and what we call mountains here in Minnesota. Watching that storm race across the valley was like watching something you see on TV highlight show. Huge trees on the hillside bent to 60-90 degrees in unison. The next morning was sunny and beautiful. We headed back to the twin cities looking at Superior's pink waters from all the clay run off.
The massive swath of damage that came with this storm was caused by a derecho that caused a path of damage from Minnesota through Ontario and to New York. I remember when this happened. I was seven years old, and I had just gone camping up in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota for the first time. I loved it up there. After we got back home to Minneapolis, I remember seeing something about straight-line wind damage flattening a bunch of trees where we had just camped.
Just look at the power of the extreme gust at the beginning of this footage! Some of the wonderful trees were not able to "react" fast enough to these extreme power and broke. The gust came as a sudden event ;-/
Amazing footage here! I have read so much about this storm and have seen the aftermath of damage in the BWCA but to see the storm actually taking place adds a whole new perspective on just how powerful it was. Thanks for sharing this!
I was in Lutsen at Eagle's Ridge that day. Our condo looked inland towards the valley between the first plateau at the run up from lake Superior and what we call mountains here in Minnesota. Watching that storm race across the valley was like watching something you see on TV highlight show. Huge trees on the hillside bent to 60-90 degrees in unison. The next morning was sunny and beautiful. We headed back to the twin cities looking at Superior's pink waters from all the clay run off.
rmaxjames 8 months ago
The massive swath of damage that came with this storm was caused by a derecho that caused a path of damage from Minnesota through Ontario and to New York. I remember when this happened. I was seven years old, and I had just gone camping up in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area in northern Minnesota for the first time. I loved it up there. After we got back home to Minneapolis, I remember seeing something about straight-line wind damage flattening a bunch of trees where we had just camped.
Bradhahn14 10 months ago
Just look at the power of the extreme gust at the beginning of this footage! Some of the wonderful trees were not able to "react" fast enough to these extreme power and broke. The gust came as a sudden event ;-/
IberiaM87 11 months ago
Amazing footage here! I have read so much about this storm and have seen the aftermath of damage in the BWCA but to see the storm actually taking place adds a whole new perspective on just how powerful it was. Thanks for sharing this!
Naturebound 2 years ago
Oh Yeah!!! Big Time Storm! Made history with millions of trees blown down, across the Q and the BW.
drail80s 2 years ago
holy shit nuggets! werent u scared??
pinkmints 2 years ago