A worse hail storm! It hurts!

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Last evening we were struck with a fierce rain, wind, and hail storm. Our damage is illustrated in the pictures as attached. While it is disappointing to lose our hobby garden, it is a huge loss to the farmers in our area.

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Photos

The storm strikes
Over 1" of rain in about 20 minutes. Wind-whipped hail did a lot of damage

The back alley floods
and the garden is devastated. All except for one cucumber plant and one tomato plant protected by the two wash tubs thrown over them prior to the onslaught.

Hail piled up by the fence
Stones were not too large here. Some were about 3/4 the size of golf balls. Some in the area were huge, the size of baseballs by one report

Rose rescues a few stocks of rhubarb
to make a yummy cake later on

House siding damaged by hail
Was newly painted exactly one year ago

Evidence of backed up water
near a storm drain.

Don stands like Paul Bunyan
at the broken end of this large tree branch in the park adjacent to our home.

Our home in morning sunshine
With Rose behind the one large branch that fell from our tree, just missing the neighbour's truck

Comments

[janine]

ouch!
Your poor garden! Drat!