World Record Hailstone Weighed In Vivian
It was Friday afternoon when a line of thunderstorms fired up in central South Dakota. High winds, heavy rains and even a possible tornado rolled through the town of Vivian. But now days later, a hailstone picked up just moments after the storm is getting worldwide attention.
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Moments later, the hailstone weighed in at 1.9375 pounds.
A TWO POUND hailstone. Think about that for a second. The weight of your average brick is 4-4½ pounds, so this hailstone weighed at a half-brick, approximately. Think about bricks falling from the sky... Now go invest in a good stainless steel umbrella... It was also 18.5" around - imagine that landing on the hood of your car (never mind your skull!).
I guess we have a new euphemism: Hailing Halfbricks...
That is all.
Thanks to PISSED for sending this story along - given the news today, I needed something on the, err, lighter side...
5 comments:
Another way to think of it: An ice cube made of a quart of water.
Ouch.
Yeah, they broke our record (7.7 inches in diameter) .... they can have it!
Or a sidearm...... Of course, raining sidearms might actually be cool...
Raining sidearms...Maybe that is why you guys in Mass have that drop safety stuff, now all you need is tornado alley weather.
"- imagine that landing on the hood of your car (never mind your skull!)."
A car wouldn't be bad; try to imagine someone on a motorcycle getting smacked by that thing.
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