Snapshots of 2020, we have them all and behind some are the stories of an era of pandemic and polarization, progress, upheaval and everyday life - the visual representations of people's lives and Associated press reporters went back to some of the people they interviewed during last year's news stories and asked a simple question: What image on your phone's camera roll tells YOUR 2020 story? For the next three days, we share some of their answers in pictures and words, adding new ones every day. The August 10 derecho that hammered Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with winds up to 140 mph severely damaged tens of thousands of homes and businesses and devastated the community's canopy. Much of the city of 130,000 people remained. without electricity for a week or more. "Looks like they kicked us in the teeth pretty well," City Councilman Dale T Strange says. But Todd says the lack of electricity and air conditioning caused something "m...
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