Oh HAIL nah!

Kinja'd!!! "EL_ULY" (uly)
04/19/2015 at 20:42 • Filed to: hail if our cars got dinged up, sheeeeet not at my house

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Golf ball sized hail in North Houston/Harris County. I was at my parents house. Me and my dad ran out with sheets of 48x120in. R6 A/C duct boards and covered our cars and the neighbors cars.

Unprotected cars in the neighborhood got F’ing dented up to hell!

(not my pic)

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Purple! WTF Pat Bateman?


DISCUSSION (30)


Kinja'd!!! 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30 > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 20:45

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You are good neighbours


Kinja'd!!! dogisbadob > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 20:46

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better dimples than the real thing


Kinja'd!!! For Sweden > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 20:48

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That’s bigger than a golf ball


Kinja'd!!! Flat Six > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 20:48

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Wow I wish you were my neighbor! We’ve been lucky to avoid hail the last few years in Austin.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > For Sweden
04/19/2015 at 20:57

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You’re right, I’m so sorry. I’m a failure in the eyes of the prophet _


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > Flat Six
04/19/2015 at 20:58

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It happens out of the blue in those summer storms. Knock on wood that we are fortunate for now


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > 4muddyfeet - bare knuckle with an EZ30
04/19/2015 at 20:59

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Thanks, gotta look out for one another always.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > dogisbadob
04/19/2015 at 20:59

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lol


Kinja'd!!! jariten1781 > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 20:59

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I don’t miss large hail. When I was toddler age apparently a softball sized chunk busted through the roof of my great uncle’s house and landed in my playpen.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > jariten1781
04/19/2015 at 21:01

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Oh dayum! That is crazy


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 21:12

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A few minutes ago from my back porch:

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I got done grilling burgers just in time. I don’t think we’re getting any hail down here with this system (knocking on wood).


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > Flat Six
04/19/2015 at 21:13

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Westlake had hail last night.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > PatBateman
04/19/2015 at 21:22

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Dayum! That looks rad. I recorded this fast motion video of the clouds rotating. Insanitary!


Kinja'd!!! DoYouEvenShift > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 21:47

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Good ole Texas hail, dont miss that. These guys did almost 20k in damage to our house a couple years ago. Thank god for insurance.


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 22:15

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I had to convince my fearless seven year old daughter that it was not, in fact, a tornado.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > PatBateman
04/19/2015 at 22:19

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Awww. I was afraid of those as a kid. Now, I love being out in some mean ass storms


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > DoYouEvenShift
04/19/2015 at 22:19

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Oh dayum dude! That is crazy.


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 22:25

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I love storms. It goes back to my adrenaline junky days when I was a firefighter. Severe weather in the area meant lightning strikes on houses, big transformers that blew up (love that green glow and deafening buzz), car accidents, and flooding (if no swift water rescues, I still got to tell wealthy people in 7 Series or S-Classes that if they didn’t turn around, I’d have them arrested).

I swear, if I won the lottery, I’d go back to school, get a meteorology degree, and be Jim Cantore’s tornado-chasing competition.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > PatBateman
04/19/2015 at 23:16

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100% agree! When i was a kid I wanted to be a firefighter. After high school, i wanted to be a meteorologist sooo bad. I think the Air Force might be the best bet in leaning that stuff right? Idk, but if I had the money (because time doesn’t matter with chingos de money) i’d study that also. Fuck it dude, let’s just chase storms for OPPO. We both got 4WD!


Kinja'd!!! PatBateman > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 23:22

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I need to check my lotto ticket from Friday night.

I’d go get a 4x4 1979 Suburban, swap out the engine for a twin turbo’d oil-burning variant, and go balls to the wall in some north Texas storm. Legen

Wait for it...

DARY.


Kinja'd!!! ly2v8-Brian > EL_ULY
04/19/2015 at 23:22

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Springtime is here in full.


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > ly2v8-Brian
04/19/2015 at 23:50

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Yes sir


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > PatBateman
04/19/2015 at 23:50

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Whooo \m/


Kinja'd!!! AMGtech - now with more recalls! > EL_ULY
04/20/2015 at 01:04

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What the hell happened to those golf balls?

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!!OOOH FUCK!!


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
04/20/2015 at 01:30

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lol!!!!!!!


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > EL_ULY
04/20/2015 at 04:31

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any damage?


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > pip bip - choose Corrour
04/20/2015 at 09:24

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The other cars had those little dents but ours were good. Crazy stuff. Branches everywhere


Kinja'd!!! Stephen the Canuck > EL_ULY
04/21/2015 at 19:53

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Would throwing a thick blanket or two over the vehicle help out with preventing denting?


Kinja'd!!! EL_ULY > Stephen the Canuck
04/21/2015 at 20:34

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Not, sure. It should help for sure. Those things come down hard. A thick blanket is better than nothing


Kinja'd!!! Stephen the Canuck > EL_ULY
04/21/2015 at 20:39

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That’s what I’m thinking. Any extra padding should help.