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To: dfwgator

That’ll buff right out.

Here in northern CA, the biggest hail we ever see is pea-sized. Just in the last few years it’s come onto my radar screen just how widespread very serious hail damage can be in other parts of the country, dimpled cars, etc. a friend of mine who used to work in CO told me how one went through the roof of the public office building where he worked, the thunderstorm then in progress also flooding the top floor of the building. Amazing


5 posted on 06/29/2023 6:49:43 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (22 years on Free Republic, 12/10/22! more then 6500 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: j.havenfarm

That’ll bluff right out..... more like it


8 posted on 06/29/2023 6:51:13 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: j.havenfarm

Here in York PA, we get hail of all sizes. Just two days ago, we had golfball-sized hail; a month ago, the Harrisburg area had baseball-sized iceballs. Lots of damage from both.


19 posted on 06/29/2023 7:03:04 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: j.havenfarm

My older brother lives in a suburb just north of Dallas.
He called me about six months ago to complain about his increase in home owners insurance. Up to $3500/year. Then he explained that he has had his roof replaced three times in twenty years due to hail storms.


42 posted on 06/29/2023 8:04:18 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: j.havenfarm

I have seen a golf ball size hail.
Sounded like somebody is throwing stones at the house.
It broke lots of windows, dimpled cars, damaged roofs, etc.
The glass shop (only one) in our town was very busy for weeks!


55 posted on 06/29/2023 9:06:00 AM PDT by AZJeep
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To: j.havenfarm
Parts of Texas recently had hail balls that were 5 inches in diameter. Very damaging.

I saw 3 to 5 inch hail balls on a June afternoon in Springfield, VA in 1967. In nearby Falls Church, a man was killed when a hail ball from this storm shattered a picture window behind his easy chair. The chards of glass cut him to pieces.

58 posted on 06/29/2023 9:44:40 AM PDT by Myrddin
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Just like treehuggers to not plan on Mother Nature. Like turkeys in a rain, too stupid to come in so they don’t drown.

Used to live in Houston, Tx. Enormous entry port for cars, Toyota, etc.. Just off the boats the thousands and thousands of cars are stored in lots awaiting trucks to take them north.

In comes one of the regular Tx coast storms. Every single car had broken windows and every metal panel dimpled. Used car market crashed with all of those extra cars on the market.


65 posted on 06/29/2023 10:46:26 AM PDT by bobbo666 (Baizuo)
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