Epic Hail Storm

Sim Kid · 06-09-2011, 01:55 AM

IT suddenly started hailing and we got a record. So much hail came down, it looked like it snowed in the neighbour's lawns! There were piles of it that were a couple cm thick, too. I had to actually shovel the driveway. So get this image...someone with a yellow poncho shoveling the driveway wearing shorts and flip flops.

Unfortunately, there's literally a meter of hail. :< One of our Peonies is likely dead because all the hail on the roof fell right onto it, burying it in hail.

So far the casualties in the yard are:

-Morning Glories
-Lantanas
-Two roses
-One pot with a Lantana.
-One 10-year-old Peonies.
-Potentially a violet
-Four sedums
-FIIIIIVE GOLDEN RINGS
-Four calling birds
-Three french hens
-Two turtle doves
-And a partridge in a pear tree.

So I go out to inspect more damage...and a car slides on the hail piles on the road and hits a stop sign. >.<; Nobody's hurt, I call the cops and within 20 minutes they're there. However, the drainage ditch by the house swelled to four feet, and the hail built up into canyon walls. :O I've never seen that happen before. The park flooded (again) and there's hail EVERYwhere. It's like it suddenly snowed. or it started raining while snowing again. One of the ditches has five feet of hail built up, or it's all just a big layer of hail on top of the water. >.<;

IF you wanna know....this is a picture from somebody in town's deck. Hail on the deck on Twitpic LOOK AT THAT.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-09-2011, 02:01 AM

Crazy stuff, man. We had a big hailstorm come through not too long back. Still see cars with damage from that storm.

Sim Kid · 06-09-2011, 02:42 AM

Yeah. I got hit by a couple hailstones cause I reached out to grab a couple to put in the freezer. I've seen hail damage and other hailstorms, but NOTHING like this.

It's still storming out, even. My poor dachshund is terrified, I heard her crying outside my door cause she wants to sleep in my bed. (Don't worry; she wasn't outside.)

Right now we're having a Flash Flood warning. I'm just hoping the Sump-pump is still working, it'd really suck if the basement flooded again.

***Heroine of the Dragon*** · 06-09-2011, 05:31 AM

Wow!! That is amazing!!

I hope that you don't experience flooding... again?!

On the other hand, we are having another very dry winter and would appreciate some storms... just the right size storms, of course!!!

Sim Kid · 06-09-2011, 09:19 AM

Whenever the sump-pump breaks, the basement floods.

And another update on the weird day of storm. We were woken up by our dogs this morning because we heard one of them barking. We go downstairs, and there's a cat in the house. She was sopping wet and freezing, so we wrapped her up in towels and blankets to dry off. Fortunately, I recognized her as the neighbour's cat, and it especially helped that she had a collar on to confirm it.

Dux is not you · 06-09-2011, 10:28 AM

All Hail Britannia.

06-09-2011, 01:55 AM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Epic Hail Storm IT suddenly started hailing and we got a record. So much hail came down, it looked like it snowed in the neighbour's lawns! There were piles of it that were a couple cm thick, too. I had to actually shovel the driveway. So get this image...someone with a yellow poncho shoveling the driveway wearing shorts and flip flops. Unfortunately, there's literally a meter of hail. :< One of our Peonies is likely dead because all the hail on the roof fell right onto it, burying it in hail. So far the casualties in the yard are: -Morning Glories -Lantanas -Two roses -One pot with a Lantana. -One 10-year-old Peonies. -Potentially a violet -Four sedums -FIIIIIVE GOLDEN RINGS -Four calling birds -Three french hens -Two turtle doves -And a partridge in a pear tree. So I go out to inspect more damage...and a car slides on the hail piles on the road and hits a stop sign. >.<; Nobody's hurt, I call the cops and within 20 minutes they're there. However, the drainage ditch by the house swelled to four feet, and the hail built up into canyon walls. :O I've never seen that happen before. The park flooded (again) and there's hail EVERYwhere. It's like it suddenly snowed. or it started raining while snowing again. One of the ditches has five feet of hail built up, or it's all just a big layer of hail on top of the water. >.<; IF you wanna know....this is a picture from somebody in town's deck. Hail on the deck on Twitpic LOOK AT THAT.

06-09-2011, 02:01 AM	#2
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	Crazy stuff, man. We had a big hailstorm come through not too long back. Still see cars with damage from that storm.

06-09-2011, 02:42 AM	#3
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Yeah. I got hit by a couple hailstones cause I reached out to grab a couple to put in the freezer. I've seen hail damage and other hailstorms, but NOTHING like this. It's still storming out, even. My poor dachshund is terrified, I heard her crying outside my door cause she wants to sleep in my bed. (Don't worry; she wasn't outside.) Right now we're having a Flash Flood warning. I'm just hoping the Sump-pump is still working, it'd really suck if the basement flooded again.

06-09-2011, 05:31 AM	#4
*Heroine of the Dragon* The Grinnie Fool! ♥♥♥ VGFCodes Staff Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Twinklebutton Wintersprout Gender: Posts: 31,454 Thanks: 864 Thanked 851 Times in 632 Posts Blog Entries: 1	Wow!! That is amazing!! I hope that you don't experience flooding... again?! On the other hand, we are having another very dry winter and would appreciate some storms... just the right size storms, of course!!!

06-09-2011, 09:19 AM	#5
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Whenever the sump-pump breaks, the basement floods. And another update on the weird day of storm. We were woken up by our dogs this morning because we heard one of them barking. We go downstairs, and there's a cat in the house. She was sopping wet and freezing, so we wrapped her up in towels and blankets to dry off. Fortunately, I recognized her as the neighbour's cat, and it especially helped that she had a collar on to confirm it.

06-09-2011, 10:28 AM	#6
Dux is not you Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Not Columbia Gender: Posts: 1,976 Thanks: 92 Thanked 113 Times in 74 Posts Blog Entries: 1	All Hail Britannia.