Derecho

On August 10 2020 with very little time to prepare a derecho hit the city of Cedar Rapids Iowa causing widespread devastation. Known for its tornadoes no one anticipated a fast-moving hurricane-like storm with straight-line winds of up to 140 mph that would last over 45 minutes. The unprecedented storm heavily damaged the city impacting every resident in some way or another. - Without power for thirteen days author J Matthew Waters stepped outside his home to witness trees down houses destroyed and neighborhoods unrecognizable. These are the poems and photos that came out of those following days. Not as a journal but as a reflection of his state of mind.