On Wednesday evening, I experienced my first “real” hail storm. My car sustained $4500 in damage in less than 10 minutes of bad weather. Luckily I didn’t have any glass damage as the subsequent water damage often totals a car. Hopefully this wasn’t our official welcome to Texas.
Hail measurement:
Here is a video from my bedroom window (a bit obscured through a heavy window screen):
And a quick video of the car right after:
Pictures of the damage:
wow, it’s dangerous out there.
Wow where did this happen in austin?
Stephen,
The storm hit Northwest Austin on 3/25. If you’re familiar with the area, the regions around the BMW, Acura, and Audi dealerships got hit pretty hard.
Also see: http://www.statesman.com/search/content/business/stories/other/03/28/0328hail.html
[...] you can bet numerous co-workers hopped up like prairie dogs in a panic. Everyone remembers the 2009 Hail Storm too readily. You couldn’t get a rental car in Central Texas for weeks. Meanwhile, body shops [...]