We learned a new word on Saturday, thanks to Korva’s post about the devastating storm that has left millions without power from Ohio east through the mid-Atlantic states:
Derecho.
Now, we’d never heard that word before so we went in search of more about it. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Derecho Facts Page:
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