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Don't Let One-Inch Hail Keep You From Your Riding Lawnmower
Max Read · 05/15/11 03:06PMHere in New York City, we are awed and frightened by hailstorms, which seem to us as eclipses must have once seemed to premodern humanity. In Indiana, one-and-a-half-inch hail just means you have to put your t-shirt over your head while you mow your lawn, as this gentleman demonstrates.[via I Heart Chaos]
Holy Crap: New York City Visited by Hail Apocalypse
Max Read · 10/11/10 08:24PMNew York just got hit by one hell of a storm, depositing thousands of hail pellets (some reportedly as big as quarters) all over the city, leaving an inch or so of slush on the ground. Want to see pictures?