Many Arizonans did not know what this stuff was until Tuesday. And then we had piles of the little icy balls! --along with lightening, thunder, wind, and torrential rains. The kids at my school wanted to pick it up, eat it, make snowmen, and in general frolic in the stuff.
This is one of the downed trees on campus. There are still leaves, branches, palm fronds and other debris in the roads and yards all over the Phoenix valley.
When the water was rolling of the roof like a waterfall, I got a little concerned and thought "it's going to come inside!" Yep, I was right. This is the workroom floor.
And our lobby got some major flooding, too. It smells like wet dog and was still very wet yesterday.
On the way home, I hot hit with another huge down pour. I was worried, and pulled off into this Shell station on the corner of 35
th and Dunlap. I tried to get under one of the islands for protection, but there were no spots. I pulled in as close as I could to the cars parked there for protection, and called Rod. While I was on the phone with him the hail came down so big, fast, and furious that I could not hear him over the pounding on the car. I was terrified that our car windows would break! I knew the car was getting all banged up and there was not one thing I could do about it! I just had to sit there and wait it out. Once the hail stopped I could go home. The streets were covered in hail.
The hail stones were as big as quarters, and very rugged. I have never experience anything quite like it. And now my car looks like hell - I mean hail?
I am very thankful that the now pock-marked car is the only damage we suffered. Many of our friends had broken windows in cars and homes, damaged roofs, and other losses. Our thoughts and prayers are with them!
This is one of the downed trees on campus. There are still leaves, branches, palm fronds and other debris in the roads and yards all over the Phoenix valley.
When the water was rolling of the roof like a waterfall, I got a little concerned and thought "it's going to come inside!" Yep, I was right. This is the workroom floor.
And our lobby got some major flooding, too. It smells like wet dog and was still very wet yesterday.
On the way home, I hot hit with another huge down pour. I was worried, and pulled off into this Shell station on the corner of 35th and Dunlap. I tried to get under one of the islands for protection, but there were no spots. I pulled in as close as I could to the cars parked there for protection, and called Rod. While I was on the phone with him the hail came down so big, fast, and furious that I could not hear him over the pounding on the car. I was terrified that our car windows would break! I knew the car was getting all banged up and there was not one thing I could do about it! I just had to sit there and wait it out. Once the hail stopped I could go home. The streets were covered in hail.
The hail stones were as big as quarters, and very rugged. I have never experience anything quite like it. And now my car looks like hell - I mean hail?
I am very thankful that the now pock-marked car is the only damage we suffered. Many of our friends had broken windows in cars and homes, damaged roofs, and other losses. Our thoughts and prayers are with them!
