Last night we had an amazing storm pass through, which included a pretty powerful hail storm. It hailed for about 5 minutes or so, and it sounded like our whole house was getting beat up while we huddled in our hallway under a mattress in case it turned into a tornado. Once the main storm had passed, we looked outside to see this:
Here's a sample of some of the larger, walnut-sized pieces of hail that landed:
Luckily we sustained no obvious damage, save for some new dimples on our vehicle hoods and most of the leaves now missing from our trees. In fact, when we went outside this morning we saw this:
We spent all morning blowing, raking, sweeping, and filling trash cans full of all the leaves that landed. I couldn't even tell where our lawn ended and our driveway began.
Before the storm hit, we had promised the kids an adventure, which is our more exciting term for "a walk." We could tell a storm was approaching (though we didn't have any idea how bad it would be) so we decided to make a quick trip to a nearby sno-cone trailer about a quarter of a mile away from home. When we got there, the people who run it (Adam Killebrew, and the Key twins from our ward) were on their cell phones being informed that there was a tornado watch and that they should close up. Luckily they were kind enough to offer us a ride home so we could get back before the storm hit. I'm certainly glad we didn't get caught outside in this!
Here's a sample of some of the larger, walnut-sized pieces of hail that landed:
Luckily we sustained no obvious damage, save for some new dimples on our vehicle hoods and most of the leaves now missing from our trees. In fact, when we went outside this morning we saw this:
We spent all morning blowing, raking, sweeping, and filling trash cans full of all the leaves that landed. I couldn't even tell where our lawn ended and our driveway began.Before the storm hit, we had promised the kids an adventure, which is our more exciting term for "a walk." We could tell a storm was approaching (though we didn't have any idea how bad it would be) so we decided to make a quick trip to a nearby sno-cone trailer about a quarter of a mile away from home. When we got there, the people who run it (Adam Killebrew, and the Key twins from our ward) were on their cell phones being informed that there was a tornado watch and that they should close up. Luckily they were kind enough to offer us a ride home so we could get back before the storm hit. I'm certainly glad we didn't get caught outside in this!
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