lmika
lmika

Pro-tip: if you’re waiting outside, don’t get caught in hail.

Carpark with the front of a black 4WD in the hail
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maique
maique

@lmika Ouch! 👷🏻‍♂️

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lmika
lmika

@maique Fortunately they weren't too large.

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maique
maique

@lmika I was looking at your photo, and trying to remember if this had ever happened to me, and I don't think it has. I've always seen this from somewhere covered (car, house,...)

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lmika
lmika

@maique There was cover nearby, but I was in line for lunch and I didn't want to leave my spot, so I'm was probably in the hail for a total of 30 seconds or so. Any longer and I would've made for cover sooner.

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Gabz
Gabz

@lmika 🎶 If you like piña coladas and getting caught in the.. hail ? 😅🙃

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odd
odd

@maique @lmika @gaby My father and I got hammered by hail once when I was around 10 years old. The hail was ca. 1 cm ∅ and really hurt. We ran inside which luckily was an option.

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maique
maique

@odd Hahahahaha, so sorry, but that must have been a good run. All this time later and you still remember it.

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Gabz
Gabz

@odd @maique @lmika I remember one time here id Idaho, it was so much hail that I had to pulled over for a bit

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lmika
lmika

@odd Ooh, ouch! Yeah, the hail-stones can get pretty large here as well, a couple of centimetres in diameter. Doesn’t happen that often but when they do, they can really do some damage to skylights.

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lmika
lmika

@Gaby Yeah, that was probably a wise decision. Oh, and I’m not a fan of piña coladas either 😄 (well, to be fair, I haven’t really tried them).

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