@#$%#$ Asteroids Falling on West Campus

[MaduroUTMB]

This is ridiculous. I hope the trees are shielding my car, but I am wary of going outside to survey the damage.

 

[Hornius Emeritus]

That WAS some big hail. Fortunately, not too much of it fell.

Some golf ball sized pieces at my house. And close to half an inch of much-needed rain, too.

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

If anyone wants a free inspection or checkup of their roof to see what kind of damage might have occurred, feel free to send a PM.
This is a pic of hail that came down around North Loop 1/2 way between Burnet & Lamar:

I had smaller sized (nickel) @ my house in Oak Hill & I guess that based on this directional trend it moved (in our town / county, anyhow) from the SouthWest to the East by NorthEast...

Hail in a nickel size can do damage when it's being pushed by a 50+ mph wind... I don't really think we had that sorta help.

Hail in golfball size like the pic shows is going to probably cause damage to a roof that's 10+ years old & a 3 tab (also called a 20 year) product.

The bottom pic is a great shot; this will cause a LOT more damage than the top pic, although the top one is sufficient enough to cause a shingle failure for the right type of shingle.

Again, I'd like to come out & take a look if anyone is intersted in a checkout.

 

[Knoxville-Horn]

Worst hail I ever saw was in Austin circa 1993. I lived off Mopac. It wasn't particularly large but it carpeted the ground by several inches. It looked like a snow storm in the middle of the Summer.

 

[judgroybeanbag]

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[Knoxville-Horn]

Ha. I sound like Large-Marge.

 

[MaduroUTMB]

SON OF A *****!

 

[jcazes]

Yeah, I got some in East Austin as well. Only hit my house, though... car is fine.

 

[hornphil]

yeesh. i was sitting in my truck by the boats ramps near mozarts on lake austin, watching the lightning blast the hills on the other side of the lake. within seconds i was getting blasted by hail and falling limbs. jacked up my windshield.

all in all.. kinda fun. power's out all over the place.

 

[NCAAFBALLROX]

I think the North Cedar Park / South Leander area got whacked nicely... I'll be placing calls to customers from 4 yeaers ago & see if they'd like a checkup.

I think Round Rock got a good pasting as well & the winds were good enough on this last round to really push the hail; the one from a few days ago was a bit weak in the high winds department.

 

[halsteadfrost]

I went to meet a plumber at our old house near campus, and had a huge mound of hailstones built up at the base of the driveway where they had washed down. The whole neighborhood was covered with leaves, it was a pretty odd sight. Up here in Westlake I don't think we got any hail so it was a surprise when I rolled into the old neighborhood and it looked like a hurricane had blown through.