Wednesday, July 1, 2009

What is a Derecho?


A derecho (pronounced similar to "deh-REY-cho" in English or pronounced phonetically as "") is a widespread and long lived windstorm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms.


Click here for more information about different types of derecho's and how they work.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very Cool Looking Blog. I like your No Hype term. Fox 13 News in Memphis also uses that term. Thanks for placeing my blog link back on yours.

Snowman said...

Thanks William. No problem on the link. Just lost it when changing the background.

Clay said...

...and it means straight in Spanish! :D ;)

-Clay in Nashville

p.s: I apologize. I haven't been here in so long but it still looks great!