Los Alamos Catastrophic Hail Storm - 7/6/2009

Before the storm, you could here it coming. "What's that noise?" I asked and went outside to see a huge thunderstorm rolling in. But what was all that noise? It was the sound of thunderous hail, still over a mile away! I quickly grabbed my camera and caught the first hail stone hitting the ground in my front yard. What happened next is catastrophic! Over $1000 damage to my daughter's car, my zuchini and tomato plants - destroyed! Witness a few minutes of this nightmare weather moment, captured by XtremeHurricanes.com XtremeTeam member, Brian Osburn.

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[srvblueslvr]

I wouldn't say catastrophic......Cheyenne Wyoming just got 7in" of hail the size of chicken eggs. Colorado Springs had about 6" deep hail the size of chicken eggs to softball size. Killed over 1900 Pelicans that migrated to the area.....THAT is catastrophic. This....not so much. But you did get some hail

[212Pinky]

This is only about 1" hail. In a car, it will only make small dents that will "bake out" after a few days in the sun. An insurance company may "total out" the car, but it really isn't totalled. It happened to mine.

[AgentPopcornGirl]

I was stuck on the trolley during this, i'm so glad :D Then I had to run out in it for about half an hour, as ShotgunDart said, "Hurt like hell."

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[ShotgunDart]

I ended up running two blocks in that hail. Hurt like hell.

[WirelessFeet]

Thank god for YouTube :P

[vallyputt]

thanks for uploading this video..My car got totally destroyed in this hail strom ..But my parents were not believing ..so I sent them this video as a proof..