April 13, 2007

  • Strong storms blew through late this afternoon.

    We were fine here, but Jessica and Jason’s cars (plus the Skylark, which they kindly allow us to park on the side of their driveway) were battered by large (as in baseball-sized) hail. 

    Hail won. 

    Baseball-sized hail also pounded DFW airport, doubtless to the dismay of both airlines (due to their airplanes being pummeled) and passengers (due to both their cars being pummeled, not to mention their flights being delayed).

    The news stations had continuous coverage of the storms, and during one segment featuring a reporter outside on the High Five (five layers of freeway bridges in the north Dallas area), the soggy reporter observed that the storm was worsening with increasing rain, strong winds and hail, to which he added a pithy comment:  “Hail hurts!”

    The people in the station advised him to get back in the van. 

    While out (either going to or returning from Chuck E. Cheese’s), Jessica saw the back of the tornado that moved through the Richland Hills area, past 820 and 121.  Better the back than the front! 

Comments (3)

  • That’s impressive.  The worst hail I’ve ever seen here in IN is dime sized stuff.  Gosh, I guess everything IS bigger in TX!

  • Bummer to hear about that stuff.  I pray everyone’s taken care of, and damage will be fixed soon.  Japan’s been pretty smooth sailin’.  Just some high winds every now and then.

  • Oh, didn’t know Beth was signed in.  It’s me, Alex…Yo!

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