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What the hail?
And now for something completely different. Around 8 a.m. I was awakened by the sound of objects pelting my house. I figured it was just a dream, or some damned kids trying to disturb my beauty rest with a full-on pellet assault. There was no way it could be hail. Not in April. Not considering the fact that when I went to bed at 2 a.m. it was 65 degrees outside. Naturally I did not get out of bed, but after searching Flickr this morning, I realized that it was, in fact, a hailstorm that deposited chunks of ice ranging from marble size to golf ball size.
These photos from Flickr user Sans_Sanity shows some of the early morning evidence.
Just got off the phone with a friend who also lives in Central Austin and he said his car received serious hail damage. Guess I should go take a look at mine. TGIF. OK.
I also found these photos on Flickr from today tagged “hail” and mentioning Austin or Texas.
This one is from Flick user Crabasa and is tagged “moblog.” Weird.
This one from Flickr user Bruce Sterlin:
This sweet photo from Beeez on Flickr. He’s right, it did sound like rocks pelting the house.
Thank you Flickr users for keeping me from thinking I had lost my mind.
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By Justin
April 4, 2008 1:28 PM | Link to this
that last shot is great!
ps: moblog = sent from mobile phone. although i think you should hijack the term.
By adi
April 4, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this
Aaah, I was wondering why there was a bunch of mothballs in my yard when I woke up