Not snow -- HAIL!

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:05 am

Seattle got a hailstorm last night like I've never seen. A half hour of solid walls of it. There's an inch of hail everywhere. Everyone who didn't wake up at 2AM thinks it's snow. So cool.

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 12:12 pm

That's gotta be a heck of a surprise, Walk out thinking you're about to step on snow and suddenly find yourself doing some Buster Keaton imitation on a bunch of ice marbles.

I bet a lot of peoples cars look like the outside of a golf ball this morning.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:01 pm

It rained here. You know, while we're talking about the weather.

And I saw a cresent blue moon this morning, with a clear sky, and a helicopter flying by..it looked like a good photograph.

No camera though.

It hails here at least once a year.

I have a headache today. My buddy the Hipcola is a little under the weather too.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:33 pm

It was sunny today and nothing interesting happened.

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:55 pm

Jim of Seattle wrote:Seattle got a hailstorm last night like I've never seen. A half hour of solid walls of it. There's an inch of hail everywhere. Everyone who didn't wake up at 2AM thinks it's snow. So cool.

That happened in Brisbane last year. Massive thunderstorm left hail piled up so it looked like snow. There were photos on the net of people dressed in ski gear sliding down the main street.

But massive thunderstorms are common here (or sub-tropical depressions as the weathermen call them - although not usually with so much hail). If we ever actually got snow here though - that really would freak everybody out. (It would kill off the cane toads. That would be good...)

...some cool photos of the Brisbane storm here: http://www.neuralfibre.com/hail/

Jim of Seattle · Post by **Jim of Seattle** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 5:06 pm

Woah, that beats the hell out of our measly 1 inch.

What's really weird is that everyone in my neighborhood was all bundled up and sledding and "day off!!!"-ish, and the cars were sliding all over, then I brave it and drive about 3 miles away and there's nothing at all. No hail at all, roads basically dry. It was just on our hill, I guess.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:41 pm

Yeah, great...You're really selling me on Seattle. Last couple of days in Tampa? 75 and sunny. Today we got a little rain between 6:00 and say... 6:17 or something.

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:32 am

Leaf wrote:It hails here at least once a year.

SongFight title contender.

We had something like 55mm of rain localised over Adelaide the other night... in 12 minutes. I was sitting at the bus stop, and a mini flood came rolling down the curb. Good thing I had stolen a beer from the work fridge. And I was off to see Ross Noble perform. Ominous.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:57 am

sausage boy wrote:
Leaf wrote:It hails here at least once a year.
a beer from the work fridge.

Niiiiiiice

where do YOU work !!?!

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:50 am

sausage boy wrote:And I was off to see Ross Noble perform. Ominous.

We saw Ross Noble when my wife was 8 1/2 moths pregnant. Laughed so hard in the show I thought we were going to have to try out Ross's midwifery skill. Funny, funny bastard.

He lives in Adelaide now doesn't he? (I suppose he'd need a good sense of humour then...)

Hoblit wrote:Niiiiiiice

where do YOU work !!?!

Don't all work fridges have beers in them?

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:33 am

It snowed here last night. Six inches.

Uh.. that's six inches of snow eh? Not some personal admission.

Yeah. So thanks a lot Jim. You could have stopped it, but no, you just let it slip on by Seattle and head up this way. Bastard.

Eric Y. · Post by **Eric Y.** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:38 am

so weird, yesterday mid-day it was lovely and clear and in the mid-50s (fahrenheit). this morning we've got about two inches of powder. no hail though.

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 12:21 pm

so close, pa gets snow and we got nothin'.
stinkin maryland!
-bill

roymond · Post by **roymond** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 4:29 pm

In our snow storm a week ago, which dumped 26" on NYC in under 24 hours, there was lightening around 2 am which I never experienced before. Anyone else experience bright lightening during a snow blizzard?

sausage boy · Post by **sausage boy** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 7:08 pm

Caravanray wrote:
sausage boy wrote:And I was off to see Ross Noble perform. Ominous.
We saw Ross Noble when my wife was 8 1/2 moths pregnant. Laughed so hard in the show I thought we were going to have to try out Ross's midwifery skill. Funny, funny bastard.

He lives in Adelaide now doesn't he? (I suppose he'd need a good sense of humour then...)

I'm... not too sure. He still has a place in the UK, as he was talking about the motorcycles he has there. He is married to an Aussie girl, so it is quite possible they both switch between countries.

Caravanray wrote:
Hoblit wrote:Niiiiiiice

where do YOU work !!?!
Don't all work fridges have beers in them?

My work does, at least. We have... lets see, beer, red wine, white wine. I work for a wine magazine publishing company, and 90% of the staff are alcoholics. One of the journo's jobs is to just drink wine for four days once a month.

Hoblit · Post by **Hoblit** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 8:15 pm

Well, one of my jobs I work at home.

and there IS beer in the fridge here...

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 9:35 pm

roymond wrote:In our snow storm a week ago, which dumped 26" on NYC in under 24 hours, there was lightening around 2 am which I never experienced before. Anyone else experience bright lightening during a snow blizzard?

actually, we did have that during the same storm... wasn't it two weeks ago now? but anyway, yeah, that rocked.

maybe sausage boy can get us free winetastings.
-bill

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