That’s a Texan phrase. Tuesday it came to mind as I heard plink plink plink on our metal roof and looked outside to see ice balls pelting through the rain. Large marble sized frozen precipitation plunked onto the roof and sidewalk during the deluge. I think this is the tail end of Hurricane Fiona that did so much damage in Puerto Rico. Wish they could have received little ice spheres instead.
Miraculously, during the hailstorm no roofs, cars or creatures were harmed.
Does it hail in your city?
¡Olé! –Rebecca
This post is part of Debbie’s Six Word Saturday.
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Fake Flamenco 
The rain were good this season for my city!!
All the lakes are full
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Glad to hear that your region received enough water to fill the lakes. Water is key!
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No hail just winds as Fiona passed by
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Good to hear, Alice. Major winds or gusts?
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We’ve had hail storms but usually in summer. This is unusual
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Interesting, our hail often happens in autumn and spring transition times when the air is colder than the ground.
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I think we get hail in monsoon weather.
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That would make sense, especially if the air swept in from the mountains before dropping ice.
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You’ve got the science part perfect
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Thanks, Sadje.
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You’re most welcome
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Extraordinary times.
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Everything we thought we knew about the weather, is out the window (pun intended).
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😉
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I’m just glad no one got hurt.
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Yes, none were harmed in the taking of these photos. ; )
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How amazing, Rebecca! I’ve never experienced a hailstorm. Who knows what the future will bring with such crazy weather?
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It was surprising! I am reading Ministry for the Future right now, science fiction about climate change. Unpredictable weather is part of the package.
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Wow! The SW does experience hail from time to time. It has caused its share of damage.
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Wow, that is some hail. It very rarely hails in Seattle – and certainly not like that. Thanks for sharing this interesting weather with us!
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Thanks, Wynne. Another item to the long list pro-Seattle; rare hail!
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Wow.. I haven’t seen hail in years. I’m glad no one was hurt!
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Thanks, Sheri! Sleet can be fairly common here, but this was the largest hail I’d seen since Texas.
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No sleet here either, which is great because that stuff is just miserable, but hail can be so dangerous and damaging.. and in September? Isn’t it a little early for that?
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Hi Sheri, funnily enough it seems we often get our hail in the summer up to September. The upper air can be very cold, and the warm and cool air produce the storm if I understand correctly. : )
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Huh.. I didn’t know that. It sounds kind of like our Hurricane season though. 😆
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Hail is pretty much non-existent here in Los Angeles, although in recent years, we have been witnessing a rare hailstorm during wintertime (global warming, much?). Super unusually for us, but I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone!
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Hail in LA would be a real surprise to me! Climate change cc: memo! As long as no one and no thing get hurt it seems like a funny novelty.
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Glad you’ve had a good weekend with your partner and friends. Any new restaurants you’d recommend?
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In Los Angeles? Absolutely! Some great cafés and ramen/sushi places in town, for sure!
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Preparing your Rebecca’s Rendezvous Restaurants guide?
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Now you gave me the idea, haha!
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Intriguing photo! At first, I wondered, “A fungus?
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I can see that, from the first photo. I had a salmon colored mushroom in the backyard but the photo was inconclusive (fuzzy).
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Wow, those are huge! In my current city in Northern California, it hails less than once per year, on average.
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They were pretty large! At least they weren’t the infamous golf-sized hail I’ve heard of in legend. Glad you rarely have hail where you live.
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rarely do we get hail! But I’m glad nobody was hurt or no damage to your house either! Xx
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Thanks, Carol Anne. Glad you rarely get hail.
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