Hail in Glendale

I know. Sheesh. I know. I haven't blog in a long time. In fact, I wanted to share the weird hail storm we got earlier in October. I think it was October 5. Or 6th. Uh....Nope. The 5th. I just checked. So anyway....it was really, really weird.

About 12:30 or so that afternoon, I had gone to get some lunch on my break. I pulled onto the side street where my school is and all of a sudden, it started to hail. No biggie, I thought. I've seen hail here before. No problem. WELLLLL.....it really started to hail! About pea to marble size, it started coming down. Before I knew it (I pulled to the side of the street), it was a ....... whiteout. That's the only word I think of to describe it. It was completely white outside. It was so bad, I couldn't see my hood, let alone my side mirrors. So I just kept my foot on the brake, hoping that some crazy person thinking they have whiteout x-ray vision wouldn't hit me. Thankfully, it only lasted about 5 minutes. 4 minutes too long, mind you.

Okay, then.......My mom drove me home later that afternoon (my car needed to go to the shop, so I borrowed hers, then she drove me home.)---Got it? Moving on. I drove into my driveway and waited while she finished talking to my grandma on the phone. When she was done, we chatted about what was going on with Grandma when all of a sudden, the hail turned into slightly smaller than golf balls, and began POUNDING the car! I swear, it sounded like someone beating the car with a hammer. Or baseball bat. (Note: I have never had anyone actually hit my car with these things, but it is what I imagine those objects would sound like.) Anyway. Another whiteout. It was hitting so hard, my mom and I couldn't (or rather, wouldn't) get out of the car. It was getting so bad that we put up her sunshade and covered our heads with our hands!

Here are a few pictures of the aftermath. (None of the car, unfortunately, but more about that in a sec)

This is actually after they melted a little.

See the canopy on the left? That's the neighbor's-behind us and to the left. See the canopy on the right? That's my neighbors that live right next door. It flew from their porch, over the fence, and got caught on the other one.

Our flooded street



And of course, a pretty double rainbow to finish off the weird storm.

So anyway, many roofs need to be replaced, along with window, and A/C units. Yes, the storm took out many windows of houses. Mine was really lucky. Of course, I also need a new roof, most likely a new A/C unit, and a new patio roof. (When it rained, my ENTIRE porch was soaked as if I didn't have a patio roof at all. Many cars have been totaled, many racking up damage charges of around $4,000. What a storm!