Derecho in Herrin, IL May 8th 2009 pt 1

Herrin, IL bad storm tore up all of Williamson county. 95% without power until further notice. I'm @ my mother's running on a generator. I would say it was worse than a tornado with winds topping at 106 mph. I have never seen anything like it in my live. I didn't get footage of the best stuff because I kept on seeking shelter. We lost a lot of trees and two cars. We lost part of our garage roof and two uprooted trees finished off the porch to our garage. More vids to come.

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[zachmanism]

im not a stalker and all but what part of herrin do u live in?!?!?!

[sameese79]

@zachmanism I live on the North end near Campbell's Garage / Towing. My house faced the wind.  I'm still cleaning up from that storm.

[bstrunk57]

I was there and it was worse than the few tornadoes I have seen. Tornadoes are usually gone in a very short time. These winds cut a path 10 miles wide and lasted 20 minutes.

[reddibacon]

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[Clausen95]

yeh it was worse then a tornado, you should have been there, i was at school that day in herrin. Almost every old tree in herrin was uprooted, it took months for everything to get cleaned up.

[sethy2004]

Surprising, that sounds exactingly like a tornado, but yet no funnel in sight.

[StormChaseGroup]

Great footage!!!

[jdallas420]

It's being called a Derecho and/or inland hurricane which spawned many tornados as it moved across the midwest. I grew up in Southern IL., lived there until I was 20. I've seen two tornados in IL and one hurricane in FL but never anything like this in IL. What a storm! You captured some great footage, too. Kudos & Thanks 4 sharing.

[reddibacon]

That is, insane not really worse than a tornado but about the same still!