tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post3936734812842587107..comments2024-02-29T21:32:07.974-05:00Comments on Lost in the Cheese Aisle: GETTING STONEDElissonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-50299535307277934562011-04-18T07:34:06.866-04:002011-04-18T07:34:06.866-04:00My missus was born and raised in Seattle. I was ra...My missus was born and raised in Seattle. I was raised in So.Dak. One summer we were driving East on I-90 through Moorcroft, WY when a hailstorm hit. I pinched some pretty good holes in the upholstery and SWMBO was calling my manhood into question when we came upon a Divinely placed overpass and pulled under it along with about 1/3d of Moorcroft. My missus and sprogs got a real edumacation about hail watching hard, clear ice balls the size of duck eggs pelting down. The "hail" she was familiar with never came in sizes larger than rice. Every time I hear the Weather Weenies around here (The Puget Sound Basin) squealing like little girls about "OMG, HAIL, WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!! OMG OMG!!!!1!1!" I wanna slap 'em silly(er). And that, boys and girls, is why I love the Puget Sound area, no serious weather hardly at all. Ever. Thank you kindly, Lord.Gerry N.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-22556231437349788022011-04-17T18:57:31.309-04:002011-04-17T18:57:31.309-04:00MW, the Missus and I remember that story. Horrify...MW, the Missus and I remember that story. Horrifying!<br /><br />I was flying on one of my regular business trips on behalf of the Great Corporate Salt Mine shortly after that same storm, and I noticed that the wings had plenty of dings in 'em. Hailstone dings. Apparently, not enough to affect the airworthiness of a modern jet aircraft, but enough to make you marvel at that storm's power.Elissonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06299361897381169534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1890416885446831282.post-74389466788869883552011-04-17T17:09:22.105-04:002011-04-17T17:09:22.105-04:00Back in the day when I lived in Ft. Worth on the E...Back in the day when I lived in Ft. Worth on the East side, we had a storm front blow through during Mayfest...softball sized hailstones fell from the sky. It sounded like gun-shots when those suckers hit the ground. (I was under a bank drive-thru, saving my car). I kept some of those giant hailstones in my freezer for a while.<br /><br />- Morris WilliamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com