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Old 08-24-2006, 03:54 PM
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Worst 10 mins of my life. My mom and sister were at the store in my moms MINT 04 passat. I got a call saying there was baseball sized hail there and to go outside and cover the cars with everything I could find. I frantically searched the house and grabbed every comforter I could find. If not 2 mins after I get outside the hail comes. My neighbor ran out and told me I could park one car in her garage. So the Subie survived this ordeal with no damage. I pulled my sisters accord in our yard under the trees and put a blanket on it. It survived fine. My dad pulled his brand new truck as far under the overhang as possible to protect the hood. The roof survived okay. My Mom's Passat got it real bad. Hood, Roof, fenders, rear quarterpanel, trunk. All dented. She is pretty sad. We didnt get as bad of damage as some other locals though.

I tried to get some pics of the passat but given the lighting, rain, and that its silver you couldnt tell anything from the pics. But here are some of some other unlucky people.

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a member's car from my Minnesota subaru club.
A neighbors impala


On the news i heard some parts of Minnesota had Grapefruit sized hail.


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Old 08-24-2006, 03:55 PM
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the hail we had.

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Old 08-24-2006, 04:00 PM
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good lord mark glad you and your family are ok. i hate hail in june every week end we were getting hail we are now thinking about putting up one of those carports hate to hear about your mom and friends cars
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:05 PM
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Thanks Peg. I was wearing sandles when i went outside and i got hit with one on my big toe. I honestly thought it was broken.
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:05 PM
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Im glad we dont get hail like that here, although I would love to be in a storm and see it coming down.
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:09 PM
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oh man i know what you mean mark 3 years ago we got golfball size hail i got hit in the shoulder and it bruised a place 1 foot in diameter hurt like hell good luck with the toe
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:12 PM
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wow dude sorry about your moms car and that is good that the other cars survived atleast they didnt get destroyed or something.
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:26 PM
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holy s***!! damn man that sux about the cars...wuts insurance gena do?
 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:44 PM
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hail is a pain in the ***. I only see it about the cooler months in texas

 
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Old 08-24-2006, 04:50 PM
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Holy crap
 


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