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Aug 2, 2010: Oh Hail
The guy that found it says it was about 3 inches bigger, but the power outage following the storm, knocked out the power to his freezer.
AP photo
| America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration committee declared that the hailstone, found in the town of Vivian on July 23, measures a whopping eight inches in diameter and weighs a hefty one pound, 15 ounces. The committee says the South Dakota ice chunk breaks records set by hailstones discovered in Nebraska and Kansas.” |
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SPUCK Monday Aug 2 06:13 AM
I got caught in one of those in Alaska... But it was a rental car.
Good thing that hailstone isn't Blue Ice.
Sheldonrs Monday Aug 2 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK
...Good thing that hailstone isn't Blue Ice.
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Cloud Monday Aug 2 05:58 PM
1) the background of this pic bothers me. is that a guy's hairy . . . chin?
2) I'm terrified of hail because I have no garage and no cover where I park. Would a typical car cover help prevent some of the damage from a hailstorm--do you know?
Happy Monkey Monday Aug 2 06:00 PM
1) It's a towel.
Cloud Monday Aug 2 06:13 PM
ah, now I see it, thanks. It looked disturbingly flesh like and hairy there for a while.
Warren Peas Monday Aug 2 06:55 PM
That area must b prone to those kinds of atmospheric events. I recall years ago a road trip to the Black Hills. The radio was constantly listing off places where people could take their vehicles to have the hail damage assessed. Pity the poor car dealer with a lot full of brand new cars every one having that Titleist dimpled look.
HungLikeJesus Monday Aug 2 09:36 PM
It improves the aerodynamics.
Warren Peas Tuesday Aug 3 12:03 AM
Well, As a matter of fact........
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/22/m...-dimpling-mpg/
SPUCK Tuesday Aug 3 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
2) I'm terrified of hail because I have no garage and no cover where I park. Would a typical car cover help prevent some of the damage from a hailstorm--do you know?
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SPUCK Tuesday Aug 3 06:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheldonrs
True. Having frozen blue balls falling from the sky could be painful.
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Occasionally the blue ice comes down and it's nasty.. It's from airliners with leaking sewer valves. One the size of a large bread box came down on a boat in our local yacht harbor. It wasn't pretty.
ZenGum Tuesday Aug 3 08:48 AM
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lupin..the..3rd Tuesday Aug 3 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
ah, now I see it, thanks. It looked disturbingly flesh like and hairy there for a while.
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tombstone Tuesday Aug 3 10:58 PM
Saw hail twice in my life. In the early 1960's in Montana and thirty years later just north of the Everglades near the south end of Lake Okeechobee.
Hail the king! Who said the hell with the king? No, Your Majesty! We said HAIL the king! Well, stop hailing while I'm reigning!
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