"On this day 13 years ago (June 29, 2012), a ferocious derecho ripped across DC area w/ hurricane-force winds ..."
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On this day 13 years ago (June 29, 2012), a ferocious derecho ripped across DC area w/ hurricane-force winds, leaving widespread damage.
📹 Relive the storm in this gripping footage from
@dcstormchaser.bsky.social who captured it barreling into DC:
Jefferson's Derecho
YouTube video by Kevin Ambrose
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June 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather.bsky.social) 2025-06-29T12:40:02.817Z
On this day 13 years ago (June 29, 2012), a ferocious derecho ripped across DC area w/ hurricane-force winds, leaving widespread damage.
📹 Relive the storm in this gripping footage from
@dcstormchaser.bsky.social who captured it barreling into DC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxMI...
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it was nuts. I was in downtown Silver Spring at the time and many surrounding neighborhoods lost power. Downtown Bethesda lost power. The more woodsy areas lost power from downed trees. Baltimore neighborhoods lost power.
I was trying to reschedule something because an office in Bethesda had no power for 7 days. The people I was talking to were in another country and they refused to believe that an American city would lost power for any amount of time. Their attitude was "you Americans have no idea what losing power even means, fool". 
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