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Our daughter in Cedar Rapids has a mess.

It's anyone's guess when the power comes back.

Stihl is overated

Stihl rocks!!

I had done about 6 7 yrs ago.
She didnt complain.
Do it before green up in the spring.

Fish on!!!!!

I had to look it up.

A derecho (/dəˈreɪtʃoʊ/, from Spanish: derecho [deˈɾetʃo], "straight" as in direction) is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system[1] and potentially rivaling hurricanic and tornadic forces.

Derechos can cause hurricane-force winds, tornadoes, heavy rains, and flash floods. In many cases, convection-induced winds take on a bow echo (backward "C") form of squall line, often forming beneath an area of diverging upper tropospheric winds, and in a region of both rich low-level moisture and warm-air advection. Derechos move rapidly in the direction of movement of their associated storms, similar to an outflow boundary (gust front), except that the wind remains sustained for a greater period of time (often increasing in strength after onset), and may exceed hurricane-force. A derecho-producing convective system may remain active for many hours and, occasionally, over multiple days.

A warm-weather phenomenon, derechos occur mostly in summer, especially during June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere, within areas of moderately strong instability and moderately strong vertical wind shear. However, derechos may occur at any time of the year, and can occur as frequently at night as during the day.

Various studies since the 1980s have shed light on the physical processes responsible for the production of widespread damaging winds by thunderstorms. In addition, it has become apparent that the most damaging derechos are associated with particular types of mesoscale convective systems that are self-perpetuating (meaning that the convective systems are not strongly dependent on the larger-scale meteorological processes such as those associated with blizzard-producing winter storms and strong cold fronts). In addition, the term "derecho" sometimes is misapplied to convectively generated wind events that are not particularly well-organized or long-lasting. For these reasons, a more precise, physically based definition of "derecho" has been introduced within the meteorological community.[2]

Chainsaw and battery powered should never be in the same sentence.

Stihl or go home

I would sure like to come up there and get some of that oak. If you weren't so far away I would do it. I have a Stihl and a Husqvarna. I cut a lot of firewood and I like oak.

10 million acres? Surely that's a bit over exaggerated, that's like 40% of crop acres in Iowa.

Firewood is like work. That’s all the heat we had at home. I had to get up early, get it going on cold days. Thank goodness we didn’t have that many down here.

I drive Ford trucks, too.

Awesome!

Chevy and Stihl. They’re for girls

It's like comparing a Ford Ranger to an F350. Battery saws are very useful and they have their place but for heavy duty cutting, you need a good gas saw.

Local weather critters called it a "Meteo-Sunami" when it happened here about 4 years ago.
Cut a path about 200 yards wide.

to much logic........bob