Hail the Size of Tennis Balls

[Ryrin]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/10208936/Tennis-ball-sized-hail-stones-rain-down-on-German-village.html

 

Tennis ball-sized hail stones rain down on German village  Huge hail stones have caused millions of euros of damage to a village in northern Germany.

 

http://www.rt.com/news/321190-hail-storm-australia-brisbane/

 

Strong Australian storm serves tennis ball-sized hailstones to Brisbane 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3308730/Massive-storm-lashes-Brisbane-lighting-hail-size-tennis-balls-wild-weather-continues-Australia-s-east-coast.html

 

Man in critical condition after being struck by LIGHTNING while swimming...as wild weather weather continues to batter Australia's east coast.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3031566/Tornadoes-hail-big-tennis-balls-winds-80mph-pepper-Midwest-experts-predict-57-million-people-risk-worse-come.html

 

Tornadoes, hail as big as tennis balls and winds of up to 80mph pepper the Midwest as experts predict more than 57 million people at risk of worse to come

• Band of extreme weather predicted to hit an area including Chicago, Detroit and St. Louis, as well as Memphis, Tennessee, and Little Rock, Arkansas on Thursday
• Storm Prediction Center estimates that 57 million people live in an area with an 'enhanced risk' of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes
• Severe thunderstorms packing 80mph winds and large hail already made their way across central Missouri on Wednesday
• Areas that don't see strong storms on Thursday could see heavy rain instead.

 

http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/heavy-rain-kills-six-in-egypt-and-sets-off-torrents-of-rubbish-in-beirut

Heavy rain kills six in Egypt and sets off torrents of rubbish in Beirut.  

 

 

 

[Rhea]

We get this a lot in MN! Extreme weather is normal up here. 

 

I've seen bigger hail, like grapefruit size. It's scary! Tornadoes too. I try to stay inside and park in parking garage! 

[Ryrin]

It's just weird that it's happening all over at the same time. Isn't Australia in summer?

 

Lol, Rhea, I wouldn't be surprised by any of your harsh weather. Hail can do a lot of damage.

[Rhea]

I think they are in spring right now.

 

I don't think it's too odd, the spring/fall weather patterns can be pretty similar. 

 

I would like to keep the hail damage to a minimum though!

[Ryrin]

They said it was breaking windows and smashing cars.

[Rhea]

Exactly! Of all the things mother nature can throw at me, the worse so far has been hail! And I used to live in California with earthquakes! Maybe I've been lucky. 

[Daruya]

Bad thunderstorms can bring hail even in hot weather, as I understand it.

 

My new-to-me car has some minor hail damage on the roof from a hail storm in Kentucky a few years ago.

 

Hail the size of tennis balls or grapefruit . . . either is big enough to kill a person.  Scary stuff!

[Elgee]

We're having the worst drought in decades here. One town has had the highest recorded temperature in the country ever, the other day, and it's not even officially summer yet!

[Ryrin]

That has to be awful, especially in Africa. Wells have been going dry but we have been promised rain this winter.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Hail is typically a summer thing, it happens in the very hottest days.

 

Don't ever make the mistake of stepping outside to measure a hailstone during the storm. That's gonna leave a mark.

[Ryrin]

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Cold-weather-returns-to-Minnesota-Wisconsin-352944991.html

 

 A balmy November has given way to reality in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Lows dipped below zero in southwestern Wisconsin. Darlington reports an overnight low of 4 degrees below zero.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

You're just trying to make me cry now

[Rhea]

The truth is, we got off pretty easy in the midwest this fall. 

[Ryrin]