One of our vacations and the first time I ever hiked up Mount Washington, we got just above the tree line and a hailstorm hit. Never thought I could move down a mountain (into the trees) so quickly - although I was MUCH younger then! Did make it to the top a couple years later without incident. LOL.
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I've heard people talk about hailstorms being more frequent but I can't say that I've noticed it, they seem few and far between to me and I've never seen the golf ball and larger sized hail I've heard reports about. The last damaging hail I recall was about 30 years ago when a marble sized hailstorm came through the area and damaged every car on the local Saab dealer's lot. They collected insurance payments for the damage and then deeply discounted the cars while offering repairs as part of the discounted purchase price. My wife got a new 1994 Saab 900 Turbo at, if I recall properly, a $5000 discount and it didn't have a mark on it upon delivery.
Since then, the only hail I recall has been pea sized or smaller.
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I've lived in my current home for a little over 15 years and have had my roof replaced twice due to hail damage. The last time was 2017 when every roof within maybe a two mile radius was damaged, plus misc. cars, sidings and windows. Hard to say accurately if it's more often, it just seems like a lot and every storm season some area in the region gets it, but seem to be isolated to smaller areas. If I remember right, it was last year when Red Rocks had a surprise hail and several concert goers were injured. This was my 2017 hail.
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"I spent the summer traveling: I got half-way across my backyard." Louis Aggasiz
I find the hail size descriptions of local meteorologists amusing as they cover a range of things - usually balls, eggs, marbles, fruits and vegetables etc.
good god Those hail stones are huge
Gosh, I've never seen hail that size, most all the hail I've ever seen looks like the small stuff on the steps in your photo. I've heard that hail is more prevalent in the western states, and while I love the west, I'll spend my time in the east where I don't have to worry about missiles like those falling on my head at terminal velocity.Originally Posted by Rogar
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
Alan, Ohio had hail at least that size (bigger than golf balls) in the mid 1960s, outside Miamisburg. We collected a bunch and put them in the freezer. I wanted to use them as ice cubes but wasn't allowed - nuclear fallout, you know... We had a hail-storm with hail about the size of shooter marbles 8 - 10 years ago just a county north - had to have the roof replaced after that one, and some of the neighbors also lost windshields and had a lot of crop damage.
We just had a tremendous thunderstorm roll through last night with some hail! Didn't see the size, but from the sound of it, I was very nervous that a window was going to be broken! Lost power for several hours overnight. All this during a heatwave so we were inside with windows closed against the rain and no power for fans, etc. Long night. LOL
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer." Mahatma Gandhi
Be nice whenever possible. It's always possible. HH Dalai Lama
In a world where you can be anything - be kind. Unknown
If there is a conclusion from my routine watching of ABC evening news, that seems to routinely feature weather extremes across the nation, it's like the Eagles song, "Every form of refuge has it's price".
"I spent the summer traveling: I got half-way across my backyard." Louis Aggasiz
I'm still trying to figure out how to post the videos - it said you can use the URL's from Facebook so that's what I did but as you all told me, it didn't work (I wonder why I can open the from clicking on it)? Any ideas?
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