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A young boy in Iowa who assists the needy in Iowa after a storm

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 25 Nov 20

12 year old boy Tommy Rhomberg who lives in Mount Vernon Iowa who decided to assist persons in his hometown with the help of his mother Amanda Rhomberg to purchase a lathe so Tommy could make baseball bats made out of wood from...

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A Cedar Rapids restaurants giving away free meals to derecho victims

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (122151) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 20 Aug 20

I admire the work of Willie Fairley who is the owner of Willie Ray's Q Shack which is located in Cedar Rapids Iowa that is recovering from the effects of severe windstorm known as a derecho that did a lot of damage to his...

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Update and video of our "Mother Nature Sneeze"

craftcatcher @craftcatcher (3699) • United States 25 Jul 08

Well for those who read my discussion about our "derecho" thunderstorm this past Monday 7/21/08 http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1616447.aspx here's a little update, picture and a video that I found on youtube. Clean up still...

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Mother Nature sneezed on us yesterday!

craftcatcher @craftcatcher (3699) • United States 22 Jul 08

Yesterday was a very annoying day. We had a storm system move through our area, a system weather experts call a "Derecho". It's a rare event, even more rare than a tornado. It's a fast moving straight-line intense thunderstorm...

path of destruction

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