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Re: Derecho Out Of Iowa
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Originally Posted by special-K
That's what I said when I first heard the word Derecho when we had ours. I thought, "They have to come up with a name for everything these days". But I looked it up and the name was coined by meteorologists in the 1800s when they learned about this specific phenomenon. They are as unique to themselves as a tornado or hurricane with characteristics all their own.
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I keep wanting to call it "Jericho" because I studied Scots Gaelic for a while, and a 'd' with a slender vowel 'e' or 'i' is always pronounced like a 'j'.
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Current/past Chevy/GMC trucks:
1958 Chevy C-60; 1965 GMC C-50; 1965 Chevy C-10; 1971 Chevy K-10; 1973 Chevy K-20; 1976 GMC C-20; 1977 Chevy C-10 Suburban; 1980 Chevy K-10; 1989 Chevy K1500; 1991 GMC V1500 Suburban; 2016 Chevy K2500 HD
Other vehicles: 1988 Jeep XJ; 2011 Toyota 4Runner
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