Batten down the hatches....

[crapstang]

Willy bum bum? Do a little fart and some air popped out.

on topic:

http://news.yahoo.com/least-6-confirmed-dead-texas-tornado-051752213.html

[ram57ta]

Which subdivision? Brazos, Decordova, Pecan?

I think it was Brazos but it could have been Decordova (its been several years since I visited his parents). His name is John Riggs.

[talisman]

i dont doubt it, but i do bet that most the hail damage has happened in the last 10 years... thats all i was getting at. Stevo seems to be in the ball about the explanation, I guess I will just have to own only one car for a while or build a shop somewhere.

No. I had a hail stone the size of a soft ball in the freezer after my parents roof got demolished at midnight in the early 90s. I've lived in Arlington for almost 30 years, and some years are worse than others, but this is absolutely nothing new. I almost got caught up in the tornados that demo'ed a few neighborhoods in Arlington and the Bank One Building in downtown Fort Worth in March of 2000.

[Jewrrick]

I'm listening to the Hood County scanner. It's going nuts there.

Reports of homes destroyed and multiple injuries coming from Hood county at this time. The tornado responsible is crossing Highway 67 south west of Bono at this time.

My inlaws were right in its path, thankfully they are ok.

[Baron Von Crowder]

I took this standing outside my shop, the dark clouds were headed north and the lighter headed south. This was the big one in Cleburne.

[motoman]

Which subdivision? Brazos, Decordova, Pecan?

Decordova and Pecan were hit.

[The King]

<<<<< in Fort Worth a block from the Bank One Building at the time.

No. I had a hail stone the size of a soft ball in the freezer after my parents roof got demolished at midnight in the early 90s. I've lived in Arlington for almost 30 years, and some years are worse than others, but this is absolutely nothing new. I almost got caught up in the tornados that demo'ed a few neighborhoods in Arlington and the Bank One Building in downtown Fort Worth in March of 2000.

[motoman]

[Juiced4v]

Just saw this...We only got rain on my neck of the woods! But could hear the sirens going crazy.

[Sgt Beavis]

My son's birth mom lives down there. Sweated bullets for an hour this morning waiting for her to reply to my text message. Fortunately everyone in her family is OK.

[Geor!]

Anyone heard from Barry (ssman)? He lives in cleburne, I thought?

[Baron Von Crowder]

Anyone heard from Barry (ssman)? He lives in cleburne, I thought?

burleson, IIRC

[STROKD]

No. I had a hail stone the size of a soft ball in the freezer after my parents roof got demolished at midnight in the early 90s. I've lived in Arlington for almost 30 years, and some years are worse than others, but this is absolutely nothing new. I almost got caught up in the tornados that demo'ed a few neighborhoods in Arlington and the Bank One Building in downtown Fort Worth in March of 2000.

Ok I guess as blownaltered said, I was lucky to live in an area un affected by it. Anyone tired of hail, move to Plano off Spring Creek and Coit. Apparently hail doesn't go there. Lol

[46Tbird]

Matt, we've had hail and tornadoes forever, lol. When I was 16, I watched a funnel cloud move down 1382 in DeSoto and when it got to the eastern side of town it started blowing off roofs. It then proceeded to cross I-35 where it demolished Lancaster.

Some interesting reading here: http://www.tornadoalleylive.com/subi...ather_archives

I hope everyone's family is safe after all that happened last night. The images on the news this morning were stunning.

[Rreemo]

Research 'Mayfest hailstorm 1995'. It is (was?) the most expensive hailstorm in US history, and the 7th (?) most expensive hailstorm in the world. Over 1 billion dollars damage, from a single hailstorm that only lasted a few hours.

Stevo

I remember it...serious assed storm. My brother was actually there and got his Explorer beat to shit.

There has been one since then, however, that exceeded the damage....

April 10, 2001 - St. Louis, Missouri - $2+ billion in damage claims. Quoted as being "The costliest hailstorm in US history, which struck the I70 corridor of eastern Kansas, across Missouri, into southwestern Illinois.