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To: Jedidah

The hail was the size of grapefruit. Bigger than softballs. It was hitting the streets and bouncing back up in the air 10-15 feet. Roof damage all over the areas where the stones were falling from the sky.

The people out at Mayfest had no cover. I believe the fatality was a Fort Worth police officer who was sheltering a child during the hailstorm. I can remember video of big holes in the tarps people had strung over the booths at Mayfest as sunshades.

Just terrible...


14 posted on 04/12/2012 11:46:02 AM PDT by BrewingFrog (I brew, therefore I am!)
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To: BrewingFrog
Mayfest Hail storm 1995, 1.2 Billion $$ MOST costliest hale storm in US. 20 people killed in the area. "baseball size" . 2nd costliest US Hail storm Ft Worth - 1992, 4th " costliest US Hail storm Ft Worth - 1981

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-s6tvSTpe4

27 posted on 04/12/2012 1:36:17 PM PDT by urtax$@work (The only kind of memorial is a Burning memorial !)
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