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xoxoxoBruce 08-01-2010 11:20 PM
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.

http://cellar.org/2010/hail.jpg
AP photo

Quote:
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.”
A guy I know from another forum was driving to Colorado that day, and every piece of sheet metal on his truck, except the driver's door, looks like it was beaten with a hammer.:(

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SPUCK 08-02-2010 05:13 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 08-02-2010 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by SPUCK (Post 673966)
...Good thing that hailstone isn't Blue Ice.
True. Having frozen blue balls falling from the sky could be painful.

Cloud 08-02-2010 04:58 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 08-02-2010 05:00 PM
1) It's a towel.

Cloud 08-02-2010 05:13 PM
ah, now I see it, thanks. It looked disturbingly flesh like and hairy there for a while.

Warren Peas 08-02-2010 05:55 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 08-02-2010 08:36 PM
It improves the aerodynamics.

Warren Peas 08-02-2010 11:03 PM
Well, As a matter of fact........
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/22/m...-dimpling-mpg/

SPUCK 08-03-2010 05:17 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 674057)
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?
It would, but only up to a specific size then.. no difference.

SPUCK 08-03-2010 05:20 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Sheldonrs (Post 673983)
True. Having frozen blue balls falling from the sky could be painful.


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.:yelsick:

ZenGum 08-03-2010 07:48 AM
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Oh Hail
Icy what you did there.

lupin..the..3rd 08-03-2010 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 674062)
ah, now I see it, thanks. It looked disturbingly flesh like and hairy there for a while.
You see what you want to see. Personally, I don't go looking for hairy man flesh. :rotflol:

tombstone 08-03-2010 09:58 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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