Thirty minutes of sound and fury today as a super cell passed by. Lucky for us, large pea sized. Areas in the county have been hit with tennis ball sized.
Glad I have a carport.
The property manager was dashing about looking for damage.
Last I saw she was heading to the roof hatch to check out the new roofing job.
The backside of the cell moving East.
And the view to the West.
Lightning is always a factor.
Many of you live in "tornado alley" but we have the dubious distinction of beating all.
The upside, on a selfish level, is my sister, the insurance adjuster, will have a busy summer.
A busy summer indeed. How do steel roofs hold up to that sort of abuse? I'm putting one on but it will be my first experience (outside of a quonset hut).
ReplyDeleteThey will dent. Advantage is less likely to leak or blow off. Then there is the whole fire resistance thing.
ReplyDeleteI've seen farm and construction machinery with hail dents.
We ducked all the heavy stuff this time, and got about an inch of rain in 45 minutes.
ReplyDeleteThe DIL's Dad finished putting a new metal roof on the kid's place a few weeks ago. And he replaced all the siding that got machine-gunned by hail a year ago this May. They say the place isn't any noisier, but then it's got a LOT of insulation up there.
Good that it missed you. As I write this at 1950 more thunder directly overhead.
ReplyDeleteArmored roof IS the way to go. Next door neighbor got caught in the big stuff a week or so ago, out on the Waggoner Ranch. No place to 'hide'. 7000 damage to his new Jeep.
ReplyDeleteOuch. I've lost one vehicle to hail - an old Mitsubishi pickup.
ReplyDeleteMaybe your friend will keep driving it and look "Texas tough".
I always preferred more armor to less armor. Unless you need to move fast.
ReplyDeleteTwo is one, and one is none?
ReplyDeleteI had some large hail damage to my truck a year ago. My first thought, as it always is during extreme weather, was, I am glad I'm not standing watch in weather like this. Another reason to appreciate our military for all they put up with for our safety.
ReplyDeleteBeing a landlubber never considered hail at sea.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, you get the SAME if not bigger hail at sea. At least 2 P-3s that I know of were Strike damaged by hail to the point that they were disassembled and carted off. Broken windscreens, all leading edges beaten in, motors ruined, radomes collapsed, etc.
ReplyDeleteNot surprising in the air. Just never occurred to me hitting surface ships. Can't say why - doesn't make sense. Live and learn.
ReplyDeleteNot much but wind and rain northeast of Colorado Springs. But a number of coworkers south of the Springs had car mirrors damaged, glass blown out, RVs totaled, and a few personal injuries.
ReplyDeleteWandering Neurons
It is that time of year.
ReplyDeleteYikes! Wyoming and Colorado are experiencing some heavy changes and nasty weather.
ReplyDeleteFire danger, then fires, then floods and now back to fire danger. Crazy country.
ReplyDeleteGlad you survived. Of course the hail in Texas is hugely large but it hasn't hit yet and we still haven't paid the Weather Tax. Well, live dangerously.
ReplyDeleteThis one was fairly mild. Some areas got golf ball sized. The truck I lost a few years ago was hit with softball sized.
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