hailstorm

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Comment by Joshua Cocks on July 2, 2009 at 9:02pm

Yeh, it's our biggest problem in Queensland. We get hailstones the size of cricket balls (baseballs). There's no real protection other than hiding under a log or my backpack.

Comment by James S on July 2, 2009 at 1:54am

hailstorm from a powerful thunderstorm last week in pocatello, id. what started out as a wonderful morning and early afternoon quickly turned bad. over a 2 hour period it dropped hail ranging from 1/4 " to 1 inch in diameter and 2 1/2 inches of rain. my neighbors horse pasture had over 2 feet of water after the storm. anyone hiking up in the mountains that day would be in a very uncomfortable position not only dealing with rain but large hail, flash flooding and dangerous slippery muddy trails. the moral of the story is at higher elevations the weather in summer and winter can change incredibly fast !!! i ALWAYS carry a rainsuit with me in my backback. and check the weather and radar before i go hiking.