About and hour ago I noticed a small isolated cell of thunderstorms coming down the sound on the U. S. Weather Services radar web site from Upton , Long Island. About a half an hour later it got dark as hell and the wind picked up . Within a few minutes it was thunder and lightning all around the place .The squall lasted about 10 min. I really didn't pay much attention until it was all over .I was getting up to get a drink of water and just happen to look outside .The deck was covered with 1/4 inch hailstones.
To some readers that may not seem unusual, but being surround by water on 3 side I rarely getor see hail .In fact the last time I saw hail personally was almost 40 years ago to the day when I was going over a mountain just outside of Oneonta NY on my way home after my last final.
For those old enough I had a car at the time that had wipers that worked off vacuum .In other words when one was accelerating or putting a strain on the motor,they didn't work.
I hope this ice hasn't damaged my tomatoes. I'll look in the AM
Well I looked in the AM, the tomatoes were smashed. I probably lost about 6 plants =25%of the crop
The G/T had no new dents ,I don't think the hail stones were big enough.
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Yeah, my parents just sent me pictures of their tomatoes after the mini hail storm. They grow like crazy - prob will be alright. Last time I saw hail on Long Island I was in 5th or 6th grade. Cool.
Now I know I'm not crazy .I thought the phone would be bouncing off the hook once everyone saw their lawns covered with 2 inches of ice
Any dents in the camper? By the way when camping what would it sound like in side the Air Stream during a hail storm?
No obvious dents to the Globetrotter.
I would imagine it would sound like you we on the inside of a Jiffy-POP popcorn popper
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