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Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
« on: April 12, 2012, 04:20:19 PM »
This was too good to pass up.
I kinda wonder why the poster drug this out? :whistling:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002553850
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liberal N proud (38,193 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Thu Apr 12, 2012, 01:04 PM

 4 feet of hail in Texas?
The National Weather Service's office in Amarillo, Texas, posted this photo Wednesday night of what it said was deep hail

Sure, everything's bigger in Texas. But 4 feet of hail from one storm? That's what the National Weather Service, the Texas Department of Transportation and a local sheriff say happened Wednesday in an area north of Amarillo when hail piled up in drifts so wide they cut off a major highway.

The National Weather Service office in Amarillo even posted a photo on its Facebook page, but that wasn't enough to convince skeptics.

"Serious do not think this is 100% hail!!!" commented one person.

"It's a lite dusting of hail on some damn rocks," said another person, referring to the image of a firefighter standing next to what could be taken for boulders.

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"That was 4 feet of ice" that was compacted by rain and floodwater across a wide area, she added

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11160993-4-feet-of-hail-in-texas-reports-photos-cause-quite-a-storm?lite/ 
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Thu Apr 12, 2012, 01:07 PM
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1. this is so funny. i am getting emails and calls. amarillo was "hit".

a homeowner next door does not live in his house, there for his retirement. he called to see if his house was ok. first thing this morning. was like a what the ****? it rained. i know we are ALL excited by a little rain, but.... rain. not even tornado threat.

emails from mother in law, lol.
hubby was just telling me, right outside of amarillo a road was washed away and the hail and how bad it all is. told me to look at the pictures.
sigh....
would have been fun. but thrilled with the rain.

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Thu Apr 12, 2012, 01:12 PM
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3. Weather has always been a bit dodgy....

in Amarillo. If the Weather Service said 4 feet fell, I would believe them.
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Thu Apr 12, 2012, 01:24 PM
 nadinbrzezinski (103,933 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore

8. NWS should go on the TV machine and use this to educate people
on increased energy in the atmosphere due to temp rise and how that leads to freak weather events that are dramatic.

Oh wait, this is the US... that only happens in developing countries where they are not in denial.
Suffice it to say, Nads don't know s**t. :lmao:
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Re: Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2012, 04:21:59 PM »
It was 30 cm which converts to 6m.
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Re: Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2012, 04:31:17 PM »
In the shithole south of the border, three inches of hail converts to two meters.

On the other hand, according to nadin, the DUmp's wisest sage, there are 60 centipedes in a meter, so three inches equals one hundred twenty mexican centipedes, forty centipedes per inch.

Is that clear enough? Suffice it to say?
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Re: Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2012, 04:42:39 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on April 12, 2012, 04:31:17 PM
Is that clear enough? Suffice it to say?

Yup, you guessed it. That was clear enough.
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Re: Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2012, 04:44:43 PM »
Suffice to say, Nads of Arc - our savior - has brought us wisdom !

All hail to Nads of Arc !
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Re: Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2012, 04:47:44 PM »



Wonder why it's so dirty? Reminds me of what the snow piles looked like on Ft. Wainwright when the snowplows would clear the roads and push them into a field.



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Re: Meters and meters of hail.... paging the Nads
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