Wow, I'd a gave my right nut to have been in that storm. I love em. Talk about fuckin power! The Everywhere Spirit is amazing. Shit like that makes me feel pretty damn weak or insignificant, in a good way.
Nature is awesome !!!! Half witted people think eclectic cars can control the weather !!! I love storms like that too, don't like the damages they cause but that power is awesome.
December 1977, my 4th year of college in Boulder, CO. We had a 3-day windstorm. No hail. I was in a rented house and learned sympathy for the pioneers who went semi-crazy, or worse, from listening to the wind. It literally sounded like a monster trying to rip the roof from the house. It did eventually succeed in blowing in the living room "picture" window. IF I had been in front of that when it went, I would have been hospitalized, if I survived to make it to the hospital.
A couple years ago a storm like that came through here. Lots of damage and the noise was something I had never experienced before. To say the least it was deafening. Guess it was due since it was the first golf/base ball sized hail to hit here. Lots of windows were broken and the trees were stripped bare.
My son and I watched his one-year old car being destroyed by golf ball sized hail. No fun. I am glad we were inside though while the roof of my house was being destroyed requiring complete replacement.
My son's car got totaled in a Texas hail storm earlier this year. He was on an extended business trip so he took his personal car with him. He was sitting inside a hotel room and there was not one thig he could do about it. Sat and watched. Going outside could get you killed. I've seen hailstones 3 inches in diameter. Fortunatley Insurance paid for it and his employer picked up the deductible.
They were freaking out over what looked liked barely golf ball sized hail...they would shit them-selves if they went through a baseball-softball size hail storm.
Experienced softball size hail one time. It was on the leading edge of a tornado. The place I was at set close against a bluff, so the twister went right over us and touched down about a quarter mile away. A guy in our group saw the hail and ran out to grab a stone. Lucky to be alive. He got hit twice and had some serious bruises.
I loathe yuge picture-windows. I particularly despise RecreationVehicles with yuge picture-windows. . 2003, we built our ExpeditionVehicle using 3612 (a foot tall by three feet wide) dual-pane sliders. I mounted them at our eye-level standing inside, about eight-feet above pavement.
You ought to go through one of those sitting in your vehicle. Been through a couple of those where the golf ball size hail is so loud you can't hear yourself think. Absolutely no way to hear each other shout. I miss storm chasing! My old pickup I chased in was beat all to heck.
One time hail hit my neighbor’s Grand Prix so bad it looked like someone had a sledgehammer and used all their might to dent the car and smash out the windows. Totaled. My Grand Prix got one big dent on the roof.
Wow, I'd a gave my right nut to have been in that storm. I love em. Talk about fuckin power! The Everywhere Spirit is amazing. Shit like that makes me feel pretty damn weak or insignificant, in a good way.
ReplyDeleteNature is awesome !!!!
DeleteHalf witted people think eclectic cars can control the weather !!!
I love storms like that too, don't like the damages they cause but that power is awesome.
Why does someone always yell "Oh, my God!"?
ReplyDeleteain't no atheists in a foxhole.
DeleteNot sure, but maybe it's because they were so scared they forgot the words "Holy fucking Shit"?
DeleteUh, were I you I wouldn't stand in front of that window. Just sayin'
ReplyDeleteDecember 1977, my 4th year of college in Boulder, CO. We had a 3-day windstorm. No hail. I was in a rented house and learned sympathy for the pioneers who went semi-crazy, or worse, from listening to the wind. It literally sounded like a monster trying to rip the roof from the house. It did eventually succeed in blowing in the living room "picture" window. IF I had been in front of that when it went, I would have been hospitalized, if I survived to make it to the hospital.
Delete5-8 years old I used to sit right next to the picture window in the house and watch storms like that !!
ReplyDeleteWhile I would not give my right nut to be in that shit, it would cost a right nut to purchase the plywood to cover that window. Ohio Guy
ReplyDeleteA couple years ago a storm like that came through here. Lots of damage and the noise was something I had never experienced before. To say the least it was deafening. Guess it was due since it was the first golf/base ball sized hail to hit here. Lots of windows were broken and the trees were stripped bare.
ReplyDeleteAh, someone will need a new roof afterwards?
ReplyDeleteMy son and I watched his one-year old car being destroyed by golf ball sized hail.
ReplyDeleteNo fun. I am glad we were inside though while the roof of my house was being destroyed requiring complete replacement.
My son's car got totaled in a Texas hail storm earlier this year. He was on an extended business trip so he took his personal car with him. He was sitting inside a hotel room and there was not one thig he could do about it. Sat and watched. Going outside could get you killed. I've seen hailstones 3 inches in diameter. Fortunatley Insurance paid for it and his employer picked up the deductible.
ReplyDeleteThey were freaking out over what looked liked barely golf ball sized hail...they would shit them-selves if they went through a baseball-softball size hail storm.
ReplyDeleteThere are all these flashes of lightning and yet there is no Thunder. I wonder why that is?.
ReplyDeleteExperienced softball size hail one time. It was on the leading edge of a tornado. The place I was at set close against a bluff, so the twister went right over us and touched down about a quarter mile away.
ReplyDeleteA guy in our group saw the hail and ran out to grab a stone. Lucky to be alive. He got hit twice and had some serious bruises.
I loathe yuge picture-windows.
ReplyDeleteI particularly despise RecreationVehicles with yuge picture-windows.
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2003, we built our ExpeditionVehicle using 3612 (a foot tall by three feet wide) dual-pane sliders.
I mounted them at our eye-level standing inside, about eight-feet above pavement.
You ought to go through one of those sitting in your vehicle. Been through a couple of those where the golf ball size hail is so loud you can't hear yourself think. Absolutely no way to hear each other shout. I miss storm chasing! My old pickup I chased in was beat all to heck.
ReplyDeleteOne time hail hit my neighbor’s Grand Prix so bad it looked like someone had a sledgehammer and used all their might to dent the car and smash out the windows.
ReplyDeleteTotaled.
My Grand Prix got one big dent on the roof.