that was the scariest storm I have ever seen. I am standing out on the deck and all of a sudden the wind whips up and the freakiest clouds come flying over the houses. The clouds are moving a hundred miles an hour North to South AND straight up! wow! I went in the house, told Traci and Andrew to get to the basement and ran up stairs to get the cat. I got everyone settled and then went back up to watch! I went out to the camper to get the big flashlight, back downstairs and was amazed at how hard the hail was hitting the basement windows (that are below grade). By the time I got upstairs, the wind had shifted 180 degrees and was BLOWING! wow.
The hail spared no plant. Poor Traci is so sad. Mostly because of the Ligularia that was a day or so away from blooming, is now in tatters, stems broken in half and the blooms stripped of any new flower buds. dang.
It was over in about 4 minutes, but thankfully the plants were the only loss. A few clicks east of here was reported funnel clouds and an even bigger storm.
I couldn’t get a good contrast on the video phone, but just notice how fast the clouds are flying by.
See how you can just barely see the house across the path. then when the hail lets up it is there.
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Sorry about the loss of all you blooms. Any damage to your home, rig or other vehicles?
Thanks Wil, Nah, the vehicles and TT are ok. They actually seed the clouds over Calgary to keep the hailstones to a managable size. Just a lot of raking, trimming, sweeping and hosing now... Other than that, we're good!
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