Today, I caught up with some friends whom i haven't seen for a while, including @snooway and a couple of other friends. As we were enjoying our dinner and conversation, we heard what sounded like an explosion. It was only after a while i realised what was happening.
It started to bucket down with some of the biggest hail stones i've witnessed!
Our first reaction was that our cars are all parked outside! So we decided to cut our dinner short and rushed outside 
The ground was covered with hail. Thankfully our cars weren’t too badly damaged.
At home, my father inlaw took some more photos of the hail storm from our backyard.
Oh wow, that's insane! I bet lots of cars get hefty damaged by this.
Holy crap those things are massive. Owning a car in brisbane during storm season is just stressful. Got to keep worrying about hail totaling the car :(
Yeah, know what you mean.But it was the first time for me experiencing the aftermarks of hail damage.
damm just imagine falling onto the head dammmmmmmmm :D
This story reminds me of the time I was riding motorcycle through a hail shower. I was covered in leather and my helmet, but could still feel the stones through the leather. After passing the cloud, I saw another cyclist heading INTO the cloud from the opposite direction. This was on a highway doing 90 Km/hr, so the force of impact is great. This other guy was a Harley dude with SHORT SLEEVES and bare skin, wearing one of those little beanie cap helmets! I can imagine how much he would have hurt when he got into that hail!
So glad to hear the damage was not too bad on your cars. I saw pictures of a car with huge dents from hail all over it. What a mess that was!
Woa, that sounds like a really terrifying experience! I’m glad you survived that experience unscathed. I feel for that other dude. Sounds like it would have really hurt and very dangerous.
Actually after second examination, the dents on the car are actually quite severe, so we will be claiming insurance for it and getting repairs.
Btw, have you seen the specialist yet? Hope all is well.
Awe, I'm sorry to hear about the damage. A repair job is never the same as the original factory finish.
I would expect the Harley dude would have stopped riding and waited for the cloud to pass. Without a full-face helmet, his face would be mighty sore along with his arms. It was really weird to have hail, because just a half hour earlier I was swimming in a lake in the Summer time! We were up a bit in the mountains, so perhaps at higher altitude there was a cold stream or something.
Yes, I saw the specialist today and it is cancer. He says it should be easy to remove without cutting any of the kidney. I don't really look forward to having surgery and will see if I can shrink the tumor with alternative medicine. It seems there is no real rush at this point.
O i’m so sorry to hear that. It’s good that it can be removed and treated. You will be in my thoughts and prayers. All the best my friend and stay positive.
Those big hail stones can really damage cars, you are lucky if the damage was not to big.
Nice post.
On second inspection, the damage was actually worse than initially thought. So we decided to claim insurance for the damage. Thank God our car insurance will be able to cover the repairs.
Woah!!!! What State was this in?
It was in Victoria
does your car insurance cover any damage from those or is it classed as an act of god...too bad we cant sue god LOL
Yes we can claim from car insurance.
oh wow ...you cant claim on insurance in the UK. guess the insurance companies know what there doing...
just imagine
@Resteemed
these look like so beautifull and also good to saves ur cars from these hail storm and all shots from ur father in law are really wonderfull @nextgen622
beautiful picture.... i like it...
Our poor cars....but good to see you today!
Yes it was good seeing you too. Too bad about the timing. We realised the damage was pretty bad, so decided to claim insurance.
nice post, biggest hail is very nice, but is very bad for tree, when fall on sky,
And they say global warming is not real
That really a big hail stones... omg