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Hail!
We had an evening hail storm with dime to a silver dollar size balls of ice. We had absolutely no warning, so I'm really grateful that they weren't any bigger. Unlike the one a few years ago, all the windows appear intact. I will more carefully inspect the vehicles and roof tomorrow. It was late enough in the evening that by the time it was melting, we were at sunset.
There's this funny delay when a storm like this starts, just for recognition that this was actually real hail and not just our regular summer thunderstorm. By the time I moved the freezer that was sitting in the middle of the garage defrosting, it was coming down too hard to walk the 6 feet outside to Mr. P's ramp van to get it out of the way. If it turns out to have taken major damage, that's going to be a hassle. My vehicle is not special and could be replaced or repaired easily.
After the previous storm we experienced, we didn't think it was that bad, then the insurance person came out to inspect, and we ended up with something like a 40K claim for new roof, siding and paint on 2 sides, a few windows, damaged wheelchair ramp, and some smaller stuff. So I will go look at the roof, but we'll have to have a professional come assess as well because I didn't spot the problems all that well last time.
The insurance estimate is no more than one major hailstorm every 20 years here, but clearly climate change is already progressing. This is the third in under 6 years. Although no broken windows, we have a lot of broken glass and pottery from outside decorations, so I know what I'll be doing for the next week or so.
On the plus side, the girls thought the whole thing was great excitement, and happily ate as much ice as we would let them have once it passed.
There's this funny delay when a storm like this starts, just for recognition that this was actually real hail and not just our regular summer thunderstorm. By the time I moved the freezer that was sitting in the middle of the garage defrosting, it was coming down too hard to walk the 6 feet outside to Mr. P's ramp van to get it out of the way. If it turns out to have taken major damage, that's going to be a hassle. My vehicle is not special and could be replaced or repaired easily.
After the previous storm we experienced, we didn't think it was that bad, then the insurance person came out to inspect, and we ended up with something like a 40K claim for new roof, siding and paint on 2 sides, a few windows, damaged wheelchair ramp, and some smaller stuff. So I will go look at the roof, but we'll have to have a professional come assess as well because I didn't spot the problems all that well last time.
The insurance estimate is no more than one major hailstorm every 20 years here, but clearly climate change is already progressing. This is the third in under 6 years. Although no broken windows, we have a lot of broken glass and pottery from outside decorations, so I know what I'll be doing for the next week or so.
On the plus side, the girls thought the whole thing was great excitement, and happily ate as much ice as we would let them have once it passed.
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