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| Hail! | |
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| Topic Started: May 10 2014, 08:35 AM (149 Views) | |
| Deleted User | May 10 2014, 08:35 AM Post #1 |
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I have never seen anything like this before in my entire life. It is hailing so hard, continuously for over 15 minutes now, that I fear nothing planted in my garden will survive. Usually hail turns to rain after a few minutes....but this is a steady downpour of ice! |
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| Deleted User | May 10 2014, 08:45 AM Post #2 |
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Check out veggie garden below deck: Posted Image |
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| Deleted User | May 10 2014, 08:47 AM Post #3 |
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Can you see the hail coming down - streaking the photo? This is my flower garden covered in ice: Posted Image |
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| Bitsy | May 10 2014, 08:50 AM Post #4 |
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That is amazing. Hope you can save your garden. |
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| Deleted User | May 10 2014, 08:54 AM Post #5 |
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Not much we can do that I can think of, but any suggestions would be welcome. I wonder how Kahu is doing. Vancouver island is so close to us, we often have the same weather, especially the southern part where Victoria is. |
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| Darcie | May 10 2014, 09:25 AM Post #6 |
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Not exactly a good springtime we are having, well ours so far has been rain and thunder etc., no hail yet. I have seen some very bad hailstorms in Alberta, one of my summer jobs from school was for an insurance agent and I had to go to farms to assess crop damage. That year nothing much was salvageable, but the root crops rallied. It looks quite heavy in the pictures, I do hope that your garden is OK. It is so nice from the past pictures I have seen. |
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| Dana | May 10 2014, 03:11 PM Post #7 |
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It didn't do that here today though I have seen it like that before. I think such storms stir up in little pockets of weather, maybe where a cold front meets with a moist warm one. It's a fluky thing much like whether we get snow in winter or not. Your garden will likely not suffer in the long run though it might show the scars for a little while. It's a good thing that it happened while growth is so rampant. Recovery ought to be quick as long as the hail melts soon. |
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| FuzzyO | May 10 2014, 03:15 PM Post #8 |
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We had hail here today too, but the hail only lasted for a couple of minutes in the midst of heavy driving rain. |
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