The Whitewater Valley experienced a derecho Monday, August 10

By John Estridge and a press release from the USDA The meteorological event, which went through the Whitewater Valley on Monday, August 10, is rare but not unheard of. It was a derecho. According to an article on nationalgeorgraphic.com, a derecho is “National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially defines a derecho as “a widespread, long-lived windstorm that …