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Post by stoner on Mar 3, 2006 19:47:45 GMT -5
Okay, I know this is nothing for you folks back east and you're probably gonna laugh at this, but we don't get much of this crap here so it's a big thing for us. We got a good covering of snow on the mountains surrounding Silicon Valley and a little while ago we had some hail. It's the white streaks you see in the pic. It was only about 3/8".   Brrrr. Oh yea, all this, and the sun was shining! |
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Post by xenaswolf on Mar 3, 2006 20:47:15 GMT -5
LOL I get tickled at that sleet only because I'm from Texas originally and have been beaten nearly to death with baseball and softball size hail. But yeah when you don't see much of it, it is a big deal. Cool you got pics  I've only taken pics of the aftermath, never tried during the event. |
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thehawke
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Post by thehawke on Mar 3, 2006 20:49:09 GMT -5
It has been in the mid-50's here.
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Post by Cher on Mar 3, 2006 22:16:55 GMT -5
Oh no Ed were your plants ok? I see it knocked over the little pine tree in the first pic, poor thing. Hail can be so hard on plants, all I can think of is those pretty daffodils getting smacked in the head and torn up from the hail.
Umm are those like giant pine cones I see laying next to that tree trunk in the second pic? How big are those things? They look like they are huge to me.
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Post by stoner on Mar 3, 2006 22:48:37 GMT -5
The wind knocks over the pine tree Cher, and the daffodils and my tree are okay too. Pine cones? That's a walnut tree Cher!
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Post by Cher on Mar 3, 2006 23:10:50 GMT -5
The wind knocks over the pine tree Cher, and the daffodils and my tree are okay too. Pine cones? That's a walnut tree Cher! Ok, what's this laying there, looks like pine cones to me.  |
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Post by stoner on Mar 4, 2006 0:03:54 GMT -5
Okay, okay, my wife started doing that as a joke. You should see the look on peoples faces when they walk up our walkway. They see the pine cones, look up and see the walnut tree, and the expression on their face is one of bewilderment.
As for size, I guess they average 6-8" tall and 4-6" wide. Sorry Cher, just messin' with your head.
Ed & Susan
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Post by joe on Mar 4, 2006 0:37:44 GMT -5
Sorry Ed, no sympathy at all! First off, all that green. It's lovely to us cold folk right about now. And the hailstone? Nah, here they have had to use the snowplows to open roads after some hailstorms! Nope! No sympathy at all!! |
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Post by joanna on Mar 4, 2006 6:28:35 GMT -5
holy smokes! I had to check this out. Definitely not a post I'd expect coming from you Stoner. Aren't we suppose to be seeing the orchids and other blooming flower pictures from you around this time of the year?
Your probably more comfortable with earthquake tremors than seeing this stuff. ;D
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Post by Cher on Mar 4, 2006 7:59:21 GMT -5
Okay, okay, my wife started doing that as a joke. You should see the look on peoples faces when they walk up our walkway. They see the pine cones, look up and see the walnut tree, and the expression on their face is one of bewilderment. As for size, I guess they average 6-8" tall and 4-6" wide. Sorry Cher, just messin' with your head. Ed & Susan ;D That's tooo funny, what a great idea. I'm a little slow catching up on the idea of it being a joke, when I see big ol' pine cones like that I picture them filled with peanut butter, suet and seeds for the birds. |
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Post by RedwoodRocks on Mar 5, 2006 19:26:48 GMT -5
Here are some pics from the same hail "storm" at my place. I'm about 30 miles from Ed's place, but up in the mountains.  My daughter went out and scooped some up and saved it for me. Cal |
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Post by stoner on Mar 5, 2006 20:06:17 GMT -5
Wow Cal, you got a lot more than I did.
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I've only taken pics of the aftermath, never tried during the event.
