Talk:Western Wisconsin Derecho

Wisconsin Low‑importance

	Wisconsin portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Wisconsin, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the U.S. state of Wisconsin on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.WisconsinWikipedia:WikiProject WisconsinTemplate:WikiProject WisconsinWisconsin articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Minnesota Low‑importance

	Minnesota portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Minnesota, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Minnesota on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.MinnesotaWikipedia:WikiProject MinnesotaTemplate:WikiProject MinnesotaMinnesota articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Weather: Thunderstorms / Tornadoes Mid‑importance

	Weather portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Weather, which collaborates on weather and related subjects on Wikipedia. To participate, help improve this article or visit the project page for details. Articles Requested Project Resources Become a Member Project Talk Assessment A-Class Alerts WeatherWikipedia:WikiProject WeatherTemplate:WikiProject WeatherWeather articles
Mid	This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Tornadoes portal This article is supported by WikiProject Severe weather (assessed as Mid-importance).

Article change

This event significantly affected northern Illinois and Michigan through the 16th of July, as well. The article needs a rewrite to cover that and the name needs to be changed to something like 1980 Great Lakes Derecho or Great Lakes Derecho of July 1980. I'll try to get around to it myself, but don't know when that'll be. Evolauxia 05:26, 22 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think the name should be changed. Maybe there could be a general intro-article thusly named that would link to two articles (this article and one covering the IL/MI damage). But this storm was seriously the worst natural disaster in Wisconsin history. I believe the title of the article needs to reflect the significance of the event to Western Wisconsin. The political fallout especially relates to Wisconsin and needs to be included. That section would be out-of-place in a more general article.

I've also been doing some digging on how the storm affected Michigan (I wasn't aware that there had been damage in Illinois). The NWS, in particular, has a good page on the events of 16th July 1980 and how the storm affected that state. There definitely should be an article outlining this information. -- Globe199 18:41, 15 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In Eau Claire, I doubt people realize this storm affected anyone else, anywhere. If it is even remembered by others elsewhere, I doubt it is as well-remembered as it is in Eau Claire. Tom e r ^talk 06:01, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the article reads like it was a local storm limited to 4 counties. It was definately more widespread than that. It did more than just dissipate when it got to Detroit. Many trees were downed, vehicles overturned, homes and businesses destroyed, and electrical service was out for at least a week. It is still remembered as "the day the sky turned green". This should at least be reflected in the amount of property damage. Also might be worth mentioning that the Republican National Convention was in Detroit at that time. Donnie Love (talk) 00:51, 12 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

More info

I found a good linkable source here: Storms rip through Northern Plains -- Rome News-Tribune - 16 July 1980 --Globe199 (talk) 01:55, 8 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]