HAIL!

Unbelievably big hail fell yesterday for almost a half hour and we are now dealing with the effects.


I was driving downtown when an ice ball fell out of the sky and hit the windshield. I jumped and wonder if someone was throwing rocks at our van. Then another hit and another. Hail! The kids and I ran into a building after we parked and watched the most amazing hail storm we have ever seen. After a long wait with a lot of people talking about the power of the weather, we went home and Elise collected a pail full in hail balls as big as golf balls. Then we assessed the damage...

The Subaru is covered in hail dents and the windshield was cracked in at least 10 spots like these. We were lucky -- some cars totally lost their windshields or some neighbors' skylights shattered in their homes. State Farm will have a drive-thru claim office set up later this week to deal with all the damaged cars in town.

We had a great garden started. I was just thinking I wanted to take some photos of the lettuce and spinach that had flourished from the recent rains. Now it is cole slaw! :*(

All of our solar lights are broken.


Even though it is a mess and a bummer, we are all okay.