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Hail!
So who did and didn't get hail tonight (3/25/2005) and approximately where
are you located? We're near Spicewood Springs and Mopac (a little west of there) and we had 1" hail for several minutes. It looks like it totaled the 50 linear feet of peas I had going (about 1.5' tall) and the spinach. The lettuce looks like it may recover though at the moment it's more or less packed in ice balls and I'm not sure if it will melt fast enough to avoid freeze damage. The asparagus is smashed, but should recover from the roots. The broccoli is similarly in flinders and I'm not sure if it will recover before it's too hot. The potted plants on the deck were smashed, packed in ice, and the planter cups demolished. Fortunately, I had the seedling tomatoes and peppers inside, so I only lost four each more mature tomatoes and peppers, some strawberries I was going to plant tomorrow and my basil adn cilantro. The advocados are stripped of foliage--and they were looking so nice and leafy this year. Sigh. I've never seen a storm like that in Austin, and I've been here since '75 with a three year break from 84 - 87. -- A friend will help you move. A real friend will help you move a body. |
Jeff Walther wrote:
So who did and didn't get hail tonight (3/25/2005) and approximately where are you located? We're near Spicewood Springs and Mopac (a little west of there) and we had 1" hail for several minutes. It looks like it totaled the 50 linear feet of peas I had going (about 1.5' tall) and the spinach. The lettuce looks like it may recover though at the moment it's more or less packed in ice balls and I'm not sure if it will melt fast enough to avoid freeze damage. The asparagus is smashed, but should recover from the roots. The broccoli is similarly in flinders and I'm not sure if it will recover before it's too hot. The potted plants on the deck were smashed, packed in ice, and the planter cups demolished. Fortunately, I had the seedling tomatoes and peppers inside, so I only lost four each more mature tomatoes and peppers, some strawberries I was going to plant tomorrow and my basil adn cilantro. The advocados are stripped of foliage--and they were looking so nice and leafy this year. Sigh. I've never seen a storm like that in Austin, and I've been here since '75 with a three year break from 84 - 87. Heavy rain only in my part of Buttercup Creek, Cedar Park |
Jeff Walther wrote:
So who did and didn't get hail tonight (3/25/2005) and approximately where are you located? We got pounded hard with marble size hail. We're near Hancock Drive and Shoal Creek. We didn't get too much damage, mostly flowers blown off the peaches :( Our sunflower seedlings were protected by a table, since the wind was so strong the hail was hitting with a very sharp angle. -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Great Hills/Arboretum area...lots of pea sized hail - enough to almost
completely cover my front porch. And, a fair amount of wind damage - saw quite a few shingles in the road around my neighborhood. My wife and I were coming home from dinner and pulled into the garage about 20 seconds before the hail started. :) |
Nothing in Wimberley either.
I've never seen a storm like that in Austin, and I've been here since '75 with a three year break from 84 - 87. Heavy rain only in my part of Buttercup Creek, Cedar Park San Marcos... Odd, no rain, no hail! Heard of tornado watches in both Travis and Bastrop counties tho'? We are in Hays. We had to water today. -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... There is no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...ude=0&user id =katra |
"charliekilo" wrote in message om... Great Hills/Arboretum area...lots of pea sized hail - enough to almost completely cover my front porch. And, a fair amount of wind damage - saw quite a few shingles in the road around my neighborhood. My wife and I were coming home from dinner and pulled into the garage about 20 seconds before the hail started. :) Liberty Hill definetly had hail! |
Victor Martinez wrote:
We didn't get too much damage, mostly flowers blown off the peaches :( I spoke too soon. I noticed yesterday all the amaryllis blooms were destroyed. :( :( :( -- Victor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
Jeff Walther wrote:
So who did and didn't get hail tonight (3/25/2005) and approximately where are you located? We had about 4-5 minutes of hail, with some up to 2 or 2 1/2 inches! Came through the living room window glass but was stopped by the drapes. We're in a duplex near 183 & Lamar/I-35 off Georgian. Because of the dogs and numerous large hackberrys, my garden is only a 2 foot wide flowerbed along the front and end of the duplex. It shredded most of my lillies, but a wild (or naturalised) gladiola from East Texas mostly got by ok. The lemon grass wasn't damaged, nor the cilantro, sage or oregano, not enough to set back much anyway. Tomatos another story. My one large Brandywine was shredded, it's stalk torn in half and only two leaves remining, those torn. One smaller Brandywine and two grape cluster tomato plants were pounded totally to death - no trace remains. Oddly, one small tomato plant - another grape cluster I believe, wasn't touched at all. Most of my large potted plants survived, with minor damage, as they are directly under the trees, so the hail may have had some volocity broken on way down. I've only experienced this bad of a hailstorm once in over 20 years here in Austin. But someone in Travis or the surrounding area will get hammered in any goven year. I've pulled all my plants under cover and covered garden plants with big plastic pots with rocks on top plenty of times without any of the prophesied hall taking place. This time I didn't even know it had clouded over until just before the hail started, and was totally caught by surprise. I guess life happens. Rick Shannon |
Austin around N. Lamar and Rundberg Lane had an incredibly heavy
collection of hail about the size of a quarter. THere were mounds of it collected in low areas the next morning at 8:30 of almost 18 inches deep. Where it collected from falling off some business roofs, it was about seven inches deep. Throughout northern Austin there were shredded leaves and twigs everywhere. Harold Jeff Walther wrote: So who did and didn't get hail tonight (3/25/2005) and approximately where are you located? We're near Spicewood Springs and Mopac (a little west of there) and we had 1" hail for several minutes. It looks like it totaled the 50 linear feet of peas I had going (about 1.5' tall) and the spinach. The lettuce looks like it may recover though at the moment it's more or less packed in ice balls and I'm not sure if it will melt fast enough to avoid freeze damage. The asparagus is smashed, but should recover from the roots. The broccoli is similarly in flinders and I'm not sure if it will recover before it's too hot. The potted plants on the deck were smashed, packed in ice, and the planter cups demolished. Fortunately, I had the seedling tomatoes and peppers inside, so I only lost four each more mature tomatoes and peppers, some strawberries I was going to plant tomorrow and my basil adn cilantro. The advocados are stripped of foliage--and they were looking so nice and leafy this year. Sigh. I've never seen a storm like that in Austin, and I've been here since '75 with a three year break from 84 - 87. |
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 23:25:03 GMT, Harold Robbins
wrote: Austin around N. Lamar and Rundberg Lane had an incredibly heavy collection of hail about the size of a quarter. THere were mounds of it collected in low areas the next morning at 8:30 of almost 18 inches deep. Where it collected from falling off some business roofs, it was about seven inches deep. Throughout northern Austin there were shredded leaves and twigs everywhere. That must have been the area where the birds were reported killed. I did some work on a ranch west of Lake Travis that was hit by a hail storm with really big hail several years ago. The hail shredded the trees and killed about half of them, especially the junipers and cedar elms. It must have done terrible damage to the birds, also. Even a year later most of the birds were cavity nesters like wrens and titmouse that might have been somewhat protected. Rusty Mase |
Rusty Mase wrote: That must have been the area where the birds were reported killed. I did some work on a ranch west of Lake Travis that was hit by a hail storm with really big hail several years ago. The hail shredded the trees and killed about half of them, especially the junipers and cedar elms. It must have done terrible damage to the birds, also. Even a year later most of the birds were cavity nesters like wrens and titmouse that might have been somewhat protected. Rusty Mase I didn't see any birds (still don't) since hearing about hundreds of birds killed in Austin. But I wondered the same thing. Harold |
My daughter told me that there were hundreds of dead grackles in the
area of Burnet road and 183 on Saturday. I was told that the birds were all over the roads and you had no choice but to drive over the disgusting mess. I did not however rush out to confirm. Cea In article , Harold Robbins wrote: Rusty Mase wrote: That must have been the area where the birds were reported killed. I did some work on a ranch west of Lake Travis that was hit by a hail storm with really big hail several years ago. The hail shredded the trees and killed about half of them, especially the junipers and cedar elms. It must have done terrible damage to the birds, also. Even a year later most of the birds were cavity nesters like wrens and titmouse that might have been somewhat protected. Rusty Mase I didn't see any birds (still don't) since hearing about hundreds of birds killed in Austin. But I wondered the same thing. Harold |
"Harold Robbins" wrote in message
m... Rusty Mase wrote: That must have been the area where the birds were reported killed. I did some work on a ranch west of Lake Travis that was hit by a hail storm with really big hail several years ago. The hail shredded the trees and killed about half of them, especially the junipers and cedar elms. It must have done terrible damage to the birds, also. Even a year later most of the birds were cavity nesters like wrens and titmouse that might have been somewhat protected. Rusty Mase I didn't see any birds (still don't) since hearing about hundreds of birds killed in Austin. But I wondered the same thing. Harold At least one survived...until this morning. My cat took care of that...yuck. At least she, like all good hunters, eats what they kill. |
Celeste Evans wrote:
My daughter told me that there were hundreds of dead grackles in the area of Burnet road and 183 on Saturday. I was told that the birds were all over the roads and you had no choice but to drive over the disgusting mess. I did not however rush out to confirm. Cea Hundreds of dead grackles??? Sounds like either: a. a good start b. a drop in the bucket DT http://www.thehungersite.com/ |
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