tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post4703748423228420155..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Freak hailstorm amazes, hard to believeElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-16963888467475396902012-04-14T13:21:54.398-04:002012-04-14T13:21:54.398-04:00Jesus is coming. No doubt about it.Jesus is coming. No doubt about it.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14239155369969172880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-89501374622679391422012-04-14T04:38:05.778-04:002012-04-14T04:38:05.778-04:00"Brooks adds that the worst hailstorms happen..."Brooks adds that the worst hailstorms happen in the West, where population density is low, reducing the chances of getting hit even more. That doesn't mean the risk is zero, though. <br /><br />Brooks: <br />We know that there've been a couple of...small plane crashes that have been associated with hail. And so we know that there've been at least a few fatalities in the United States. So it's not that people don't get hurt or killed by hail, it's just that in industrialized countries it's not very common."<br /><br />From the time I was a very young child I was warned not to go out in the hail - it could seriously hurt or kill a person. I've had huge welts on my arms and legs trying to run from the car to the house during a simple hailstorm with hail about nickle size. You learn quickly to stay inside the car and hope the hail doesn't break the windshield. If you ever see a car that has gone through a "normal" hailstorm, then you will understand that even one inch hail can cause an amazing amount of damage. It is quite common for car dealerships to have hail damaged car/truck sales after a storm, and body shops to have hail damage repair specials afterward. Lower population means fewer people get hurt or killed. If the West had the same population as China does, or even the Eastern half of the US, more fatalities would happen in the US, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-5562666049887598812012-04-14T04:24:04.742-04:002012-04-14T04:24:04.742-04:00It is not uncommon in Colorado to get pea-sized ha...It is not uncommon in Colorado to get pea-sized hail 4, 5 or more inches deep in one storm. Denver has had to call out the snow plows after hail storms on several occasions. If the hail is carried along by rushing water and deposited like the hail was in this story, then yes, it could easily get to be 4 or 5 feet deep in those areas. The hail in this story WAS carried by rushing water and is deposited in such a way, including on the highway - the video shows this happening. <br /><br />That said, it was an amazing storm and frightening when we think of Biblical prophecy and what is coming. There is more terrible weather coming this weekend for the center of the US.<br /><br />This is also not the only time this has happened in this area of Texas (Texas tends to do everything bigger, it seems! :) ):<br /><br />"The pea-sized hailstones weren't big enough to set any size records, and Scotten said the service doesn't keep records for most hail in a given period.<br /><br />But Jose Garcia, chief forecaster at the weather service in Amarillo, told msnbc.com it probably wasn't the most hail the region has seen.<br /> <br />"Five to 6 feet deep hail" fell in nearby Dalhart, Texas, in 1993 during a very similar storm, he said. It took almost a month for some roads to reopen as the compact ice melted slowly. "It was almost like huge snow drifts," he said."<br />http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/04/12/11160993-4-feet-of-hail-in-texas-reports-photos-cause-quite-a-storm?liteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com