Althouse: Large hail the size of small hail.

November 4, 2022

Large hail the size of small hail.

Just now, in Madison, Wisconsin.

23 comments:

MadisonMan said...: It was a nice storm. I'm glad I have my umbrella with me.

Is the Avocado plant still living?; 11/4/22, 2:32 PM
Paddy O said...: We had small hail the size of large hail in Lake Arrowhead, CA the other day. After a few days, it still hasn't entirely melted off.; 11/4/22, 2:32 PM
rehajm said...: The Sportsball Ordinal Scale is the modern accepted system of hail measurement, though that looks more like chewy ice...; 11/4/22, 2:41 PM
minnesota farm guy said...: Your poor plants!; 11/4/22, 2:52 PM
Original Mike said...: Went up on my roof during the thunderstorm to clean out the overflowing gutters. Joy.

I've been so busy with other projects (like getting 43 storm windows painted and back up before winter) that I hadn't gotten to cleaning the gutters yet. Was slated for next week. I should have prioritized better.; 11/4/22, 2:53 PM
James said...: Years ago (2005), when I finished grad school in Madison but hadn't moved out yet, I treated myself to my first new car purchase, a totally tricked out and not-at-all-cheap-and-sad brand new Hyundai Elantra. Day 1 that I had it, parked on the street in the Vilas neighborhood, all shiny and new and as spiffy-looking as a Hyundai Elantra can be, it got hailed on. Fortunately no actual damage, but it was close.; 11/4/22, 3:02 PM
Barbara said...: We were driving in it and pulled over, what with being from LA and all.; 11/4/22, 3:20 PM
pacwest said...: That will take the last of the leaves off the trees.; 11/4/22, 3:33 PM
Mary Beth said...: At least you're not in Boulder.; 11/4/22, 3:33 PM
Mike of Snoqualmie said...: The Snoqualmie River is forecast to reach phase 4 flood stage today. There will be considerable flooding. It has already reached phase 3 flooding. The farms in the lower valley will be underwater, some roads will be closed. Our house is about 150 ft above the upper river valley, but there could be small ponds formed.; 11/4/22, 4:16 PM
pious agnostic said...: Nice; 11/4/22, 4:53 PM
BG said...: Bought two of my cars from car dealers because of hail "damage." Most of it pops back out. Pre-dented so no anxiety of getting that first "dent." Good deals on both of them.; 11/4/22, 5:07 PM
Karen of Texas said...: Spring of my freshman year of college, circa 1981, we looked out dorm windows in the small Oklahoma university I was attending to watch a downpour - of pea sized hail. It hailed so much it covered the ground to the midway point of the car tires parked on the school grounds. When it was done, scores of students immediately commenced to pour out into the common areas to make hail angels. It really did blanket the ground like a good snowfall. It was immensely cool and satisfying to experience that.; 11/4/22, 5:08 PM
Yancey Ward said...: When driving, you pull over for hail this size- at road speeds, it is big enough to damage the finish on your car.; 11/4/22, 5:22 PM
Temujin said...: Looks like late autumn in the upper Midwest. It's all a black and white movie from now until sometime in April. Good luck.; 11/4/22, 5:39 PM
Big Mike said...: You didn’t get enough advance warning to get those poor plants inside?; 11/4/22, 6:43 PM
LibertarianLeisure said...: Been reading this blog everyday for years ever since my brother told me about it. After all these years, it was great to 'put' a voice to your picture! Thanks for that.; 11/4/22, 7:25 PM
rcocean said...: Me: What, the hail is that? (drawn out Redneck voice)
Wife: Eye-roll.; 11/4/22, 10:21 PM
Jeffrey S said...: Yes, it was nice to hear Professor Anne's pleasant voice.
When I was about 8 years old, I read in a comic book this riddle which I didn't understand: "What's worse than raining cats and dogs? Hailing taxicabs."
I recall that silly joke whenever I see hail.; 11/5/22, 7:58 AM
Curious George said...: I just had my house resided because of hail damage from storm this spring.; 11/5/22, 7:59 AM
Jeffrey S said...: Correction: "Professor Ann."; 11/5/22, 8:02 AM
loudogblog said...: My Fuerte avocado tree is doing quite well. The leaves started to get a little yellow earlier this year, but it turned out that it just needed some magnesium. It's a strange tree. Instead of growing up, it's growing out. So it looks like a giant avocado bush. It has a lot of avocados on it right now that will be ripe soon, but it also has a lot of unpollinated fruits. They call those "cocktail avocados" or "cukes" because they look like little cucumbers. (There is no large seed in them.) I'm going to plant a Haas avocado to help with the pollination issue. (The Haas is an A type and the Fuerte is a B type.) Avocados can actually self-pollinate to a point, but you need A and B type trees to get really good cross pollination.; 11/5/22, 1:07 PM
Saint Croix said...: "Large hail the size of small hail."

I spent a couple of minutes trying to figure out that headline.

It feels like a tree fell in the forest and a monk was clapping with one hand.

Right?

We don't have hail in Charlotte.

Is one of them plural?

Which one is the large one again?

Seriously confused.

I might ponder this later but I doubt it.; 11/5/22, 7:44 PM