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17 Unexpected Storm

It got very dark in less than five minutes and suddenly a sharp loud boom rings out. SOB that lighting strike was close.
Opened the garage door and peered out to pea sized hail just starting to fall that quickly progressed to marble size hail. SOB again, the air temp dropped 15 degrees so back inside I went to grab my hoody and camera and shot a minute and half video of the hail storm. The wind made a slight change in direction to where I needed to backup about 7 feet because now the hail is coming in the garage. Promptly I hear “Shut the door you idiot”. Did I mention this storm was moving east to west, very bizarre indeed.


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Canon Image Challenge10-Jun-2023 23:33
We sometimes get hail like that in Colorado (just one state over from you), but it was much more frequent in Texas, where we lived for fifteen years. We had two new roofs because of hail damage (on in Dallas, one in Houston). It's definitely a summer thing.
Alastair
Guest 10-Jun-2023 21:43
Hail Mary?
Canon Image Challenge08-Jun-2023 17:42
T aren’t you the complimentary one today. The local tv news stations like when viewers send in weather related videos and they often run them on air. I am not much of a videographer and felt it was quite sub par so I didn’t send to any of the networks.

Dave I despise thick smoke and would hate if we were experiencing what you guys are getting. We are affected but nothing like the north eastern states. Yuck… DOUBLE YUCK. Paul
Guest 08-Jun-2023 05:47
Dear Paul, I quite like the hail videos, thank you very much. I also especially liked the low angle of view that you occasionally took in the video. It was very effective. Thank you again. traveller
Canon Image Challenge08-Jun-2023 01:19
We just have smoke.

Dave
Canon Image Challenge06-Jun-2023 18:41
See pending for a closeup of the landscape fixture.
Canon Image Challenge06-Jun-2023 18:37
That “round thing” is part of the security system. Keep your distance from that thing it shoots out a jolt of very high voltage that kicks a burglar in the @ss. Just kidding of course it’s a landscape light.
I don’t have any wider shot of the front yard, only shot the one since hail was bouncing all over and nailing me and it’s not cropped.

I did post two videos of the hail storm on YouTube. They are boring!
https://youtube.com/@PaulA-jz9ve

Paul
Canon Image Challenge06-Jun-2023 14:32
These Midwest summer storms can be amazing. The thunderheads can build up to 50,000 ft and then produce really large hail. When we lived in the Minneapolis area, we seemed to get at least one good hail storm a year, with some local areas getting baseball sized hail. The roofing business and insurance companies kept busy.

Jim
Canon Image Challenge06-Jun-2023 12:21
Interesting, as is your write up...both excellent. However, please tell me what is the circular object, middle left edge? Traveller (ps, do you have one a little wider...I like seeing what is happening on the other side of the street also. Thanks)