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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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we had a little hail storm come through today. So I got a couple pics







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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 04:46 PM
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Cool pics. Pun intended.

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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 06:32 PM
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The drive home must have been fun.
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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Hail or sleet?
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 06:37 PM
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Hope that beautiful vette is ok

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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 08:18 PM
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Hail or sleet?
Looks like sleet to me.
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 08:23 PM
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It's slail
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 08:24 PM
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One man's hail is another man's sleet!
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hope the vette made it thru without damage
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Old Feb 9, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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The wifie was in the Twin Cities last summer with her 2004 Honda Accord visiting friends & one of our Daughters. While parked at my daughters house, a hail storm blew in and did $12k damage to the car and many $$ in damage to my daughters house (needed a new roof, gutters, some siding and a new window) . That stuff is really destructive! You got lucky that it was not bigger!

Our Honda looked like a golf ball!!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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I know the feeling,,, We've just had a nice warm spell that helped get rid of 8" of sleet and snow!! The wife is a teacher,,got a couple of snow days off from school!!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:52 AM
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I drove though a hail storm in my ranger a few months back. the hail was about the size of a nickle and I thought the roof and windshield were going to cave in on me. That was not a very fun drive. Glad your car didn't have any damage.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Oh 2 Fun
It's slail
Originally Posted by Silverbullet00
One man's hail is another man's sleet!


You guys are killing me here !!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:03 AM
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Coarse snow!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 10:55 AM
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Here in Minnesota, it's just called HARD rain!!!!

In the winter (when we go ice fishing), we drive on HARD water!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:04 AM
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That's not hail!!! That's sleet. Hail is bigger than a golf ball.
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:50 AM
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I'm glad my baby is all tucked away safe & sound...
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:51 AM
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last summer we had about $40,000 in hail damage to our property a vehicals. Thankfully the vette was in the garage!! The hail ranged in size from golf ***** to softballs and it came down hard!
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by R Devil
Looks like sleet to me.



Our hail does'nt look like that in Louisiana..
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Old Feb 10, 2009 | 11:58 AM
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You're lucky..Florida hail sizes range from marble to golfball! Ouch!!!!
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