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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHailstorm here in Raleigh NC
Been going on for over 25 minutes. I'm n a metal building. Can't hear a thing.
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Hailstorm here in Raleigh NC (Original Post)
zackymilly
Aug 2019
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murielm99
(32,820 posts)1. Strange.
Hailstorms don't usually last that long. Be careful.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)3. I know. It was pea-size hail.
All heavy rain now...lightning, thunder, wind. I have a puddle under my office desk. My surge strip is laying in the puddle, so I have my feet propped up. LOL.
tblue37
(68,340 posts)2. Almost every morning here in formerly drought ridden Kansas I wake up to either rain or the
wetness left over from the previous night's rain.
Last night, despite usually being spared the sounds because of my severe hearing impairment, I was startled several times by the loud cracks of thunder.
At least we are no longer suffering drought in Kansas.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)4. I had a lot of family in Topeka. Sadly they are all deceased now. n/t
unc70
(6,493 posts)5. You are getting hammered in Wake County
Yesterday it was 7 inches of rain in Greensboro. Forecast is storms every day for the next week or so.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)6. Yep. It has slacked off a little. Waiting for a break so I can get on the deadly I-40 highway. n/t
