Hail!

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Thought about adding this to the "Rain" topic, but think this is worthy to stand on its own..

Ladies and gentlemen, we have HAIL!

[Dancealot]

Uncanny! How did the people react to this?

70 years ago in Europe there was some hail as well That didn't work out as planned..

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Hijack alert.. happy the Chang brigade is stuck in bars during the storm, or else they'd be posting the perennially interesting shots of a particular school parade.

Anyway, I remember hail.. 12 years ago or so I also got some in Lamphun.

[Dancealot]

Hijack alert.. happy the Chang brigade is stuck in bars during the storm, or else they'd be posting the perennially interesting shots of a particular school parade.

Anyway, I remember hail.. 12 years ago or so I also got some in Lamphun.

Cut me some slack Winnie. I meant well.. Really.. Just tried to support you.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

I know, it's not you.

But it doesn't take much for some forum members to grab every slight opportunity at being a smartass, so wanted to pre-empt that.

Anyway it's dry again now.. and a lot cooler. Here's hoping we get a little more cool season this year.

[T_Dog]

WTK, are we talking car-denting, baseball sized hail that has you calling the insurance company or the puny pea-sized puff balls? Had a truck hood and topper totaled in Iowa in the '80's.

[Tywais]

Mae Rim 2010 and here

Fang 2009

2008

Nan 2011

Chiang Mai 2005 500 homes damaged

May 2012

And here I thought it was something unusual.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

It's still fairly unusual I'd say. Got my kids excited anyway, little lumps of ice falling from the sky.

At first I wondered what the noise was, then it slowly dawned on me.

[Tywais]

It's still fairly unusual I'd say. Got my kids excited anyway, little lumps of ice falling from the sky.

I agree as I've never seen it here before as far as I can remember. I grew up in tornado alley in the US so quite familiar with what a proper hail storm can be like.

[ripstanley]

Last year in April hail in Phayao. Had new car and made a dash for shelter. Luckily no damage but were a good size.

[ThaiPauly]

Telly's down and the football is on- a tragic combination for us footy nuts

[MESmith]

My wife's family village in Lamphun had serious hail damage a few years ago. Those cement/ asbestos roofs aren't very strong.

[elektrified]

I remember this last May http://www.chiangmai...news.shtml#hd25

I was right at the moat at the time it happened. Huge hail pellets and tree branches coming down everywhere around me.