Saturday, May 10, 2014

An umbrella wouldn't have helped . . .


Reader D. V. sent me the link to this video of a hailstorm over Woodson, Texas back in 2006.  The hailstones were the size of tennis balls, as you can see from some of them filmed close-up after the storm (and from the damage they did to vehicles and homes).





I'm glad I didn't have to drive through that!




Peter

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3 comments:

  1. Old NFOMay 10, 2014 at 4:42 PM

    That beats the hell out of everything, and it would KILL you if it hit you...

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  2. skreidleMay 21, 2014 at 3:23 PM

    Man, check out the arcing off the power lines at 2:00!

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  3. skreidleMay 21, 2014 at 3:36 PM

    See also, largest and heaviest American hailstone on record: http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/hailstone.html

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