last night's hail and lightening storm

[nhlkats]

was intense. but enough chatter, heres the main platter:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c47/BigFatGeek/DSCN3757.jpg
http://photos-542.facebook.com/n12/162/79/8607882/n8607882_31502542_9126.jpg
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http://photos-541.facebook.com/n12/162/79/8607882/n8607882_31502541_8762.jpg

hope everyone else is ok. i spotted a nearby shovel and used it as head protection, i was out walking when it started.

[YB in IN]

Wow, that looks like a wild ride. Cool pictures.

[username]

i've been in some hairy hail storms, and consider them to be snowballs in hell. hope you and yours made it through safely.

[bmdubyou]

HOly cow...I heard it hailing too but didnt bother to get out of bed...I dont think we had nearly anything like that...some of those chunks are as big as baseballs.

[20774]

Heads up when attending the 07 rally... :stick

Kurt in S.A.

[tessler]

Incredible pictures. Good move on your part with the shovel!

[Hodag]

we had pea sized hail

I was very worried because I had the wife park her car in the driveway, instaead of the garage.......
if her car got hurt its my fault.

[j-budimlya]

I love pre-made snowballs.....much easier to rearm.....for the fight....

[riderR1150GSAdv]

It made the news down here... hope all is ok.

[Belquar]

These guys were on Leno last night. They are doing a summer trek to the north pole. Supposed to be really hard in the summer. Anyway...they were rattling off statistics about global warming and stuff...

It is apparently estimated that by 2050 the Polar Ice cap will be gone. I will be 74 by then. But my daughter will only be in her mid-40s. Yowza!!! Guess we need to get more folks on two wheels to help with the global warming.

http://projectthinice.org/

[James.A]

My power was out for 6 hours. Finally, enough motivation to rig my portable welder to run my house.

[Rich]

That is some serious size hail you had! Not the type that a person wants to see falling in his neighborhood. You were lucky to find the shovel.

My wife works in a clinic, and usually walks to work, but one day a couple of years ago she had driven the car. In the middle of the afternoon a big hailstorm (similar in size to what you had) came through, and she ran outside to try to move the car to a safer place. She was hit in the head with one of those big pellets, and came home with stitches and dried blood on her head. I'm not sure what she was thinking, but it didn't work, the car was declared totaled anyway.

I always wondered what I would do if I was caught on a motorcycle in a hailstorm like that? Ouch.

[nhlkats]

I always wondered what I would do if I was caught on a motorcycle in a hailstorm like that?good question, what to do in situation like this on bike. i think that depending on your location, pull over to nearest sheltered area, if no place is, simply pull over, detatch a sidecase, and use it as additional protection on top of the helmet one should be wearing anyways? unfortunately your Mrs as example, ice like this can crack the head open :stick