Look Out Houston (2024 Houston derecho)

A derecho (pronounced similar to "deh-REY-cho") is a widespread, long-lived wind storm that is associated with a band of rapidly moving showers or thunderstorms. Although a derecho can produce destruction similar to the strength of tornadoes, the damage typically is directed in one direction along a relatively straight swath. As a result, the term "straight-line wind damage" sometimes is used to describe derecho damage. By definition, if the wind damage swath extends more than 240 miles (about 400 kilometers) and includes wind gusts of at least 58 mph (93 km/h) or greater along most of its length, then the event may be classified as a derecho.

Source: 7 dead as storms slam Houston yet again; hundreds of thousands still without power - CBS News

At least seven people were killed as thunderstorms blew out windows in high-rise buildings, downed trees and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses in the Houston area Thursday as Southeast Texas got pummeled for the second time this month. Power outages could last weeks in parts of Houston, an official warned Friday.

Rising temperatures and a smog warning could complicate clean-up efforts and put residents without power at risk, officials warned.

National Weather Service meteorologist Marc Chenard said on Saturday that highs of around 90 degrees were expected through the start of the coming week, with heat indexes likely approaching 100 degrees by midweek. The heat index is what the temperature feels like to the human body when humidity is combined with the air temperature, according to the weather service.​

Original by The Band:

Look out, Cleveland, the storm is comin' through
And it's runnin' right up on you
Look out, Houston, there'll be thunder on the hill
Bye-bye, baby, don't you lie so still​

Huston claims:

The 10 refineries in the Houston metro process 2.6 million barrels of crude oil per calendar day – 45.4 percent of the state's total production and 14.3 percent of the nation's production.​

Predictable, gas and diesel prices are going up.


Bob Wilson