Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weather. Show all posts

Monday, May 24, 2010

Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Inside, Cowering in Fear

My mother grew up in Kansas and she would occasionally mention seeing baseball-sized hail during really strong thunderstorms. Personal experience has demonstrated that even raisin-sized hail is pretty painful, and that grape-sized hail striking the outside of an office building can render phone conversations inaudible inside.

Consider, then, the effects of baseball-size hail on an outdoor swimming pool:



OK, the commentary is a bit repetitive - apparently this year's Duuuude Convention was in Oklahoma City - but it is sincere.

I imagine this must have been what Long Island Sound looked like that time the Germans invaded...