Re: [CH] What the? HAIL!

Baker Richardson (habanerored@hotmail.com)
Mon, 22 May 2000 16:01:48 CDT 

Damn Scott... I'm very sorry to hear your misfortune. I have been in your 
shoes and walked down the same road before. I guess I was very fortunate at 
the time that the tornado that was producing the hail didn't take my house. 
Sorry again for your misfortune.
  Yearn For The Burn    Baker R.


>From: "Parkhurst, Scott Contractor" <PARKHURS@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL>
>Reply-To: "Parkhurst, Scott Contractor" <PARKHURS@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL>
>To: "'CH List'" <chile-heads@globalgarden.com>
>Subject: [CH] What the? HAIL!
>Date: Mon, 22 May 2000 15:05:30 -0000
>
>
>    Well, we had one heck of a hail storm yesterday.  Marble
>sized chunks rained down for 20 minutes.  Poured down rain
>for another 20, for a total precip of almost 2 inches.  So much
>hail that for a time the streets were white, lawns almost covered.
>    When it finally let up and I went out to survey the damage, I
>just about cried.  It really did a number on the gardens.  Beat the
>hell out of the chiles, many down to 2 leafs, some less, on 10 - 12"
>plants.  Even those semi-protected by trees suffered.
>    At one point during the storm I looked out to see hail stones
>floating in the raised beds, both were mostly white.  At the base of
>one of my downspouts, there was a pile of hailstones 4 feet long,
>2 feet wide and almost a foot deep.  It had not yet melted away
>when I left for work.  It came down so hard that it overloaded that
>gutter and sent water/hail crashing over the edge, down onto the
>bed, washing out half the carrots, a couple heads of garlic and
>50 pounds of topsoil.  Luckily no chiles washed away.
>    As I walked around the yard shaking my head I did what some
>tribes do when their enemy has fallen.  I scooped up a cup full of
>stones and consumed them, so as to gain their strength and
>wisdom.  Oh yeah... the bourbon and coke mixed in didn't hurt.
>    Mine was the only house on the block with a huge pile of hail
>at a downspout.  Kinda makes me think I had worked up some
>bad karma that was due to be burned off.  I dunno, maybe it was
>the spam jerky...
>
>Scott... oh, the humanity... KCK

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