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riversedge

(81,084 posts)
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:01 PM 22 hrs ago

Apr 15, 2026 #Iowa #Wisconsin #hailstorm Chaos in Iowa & Wisconsin, USA !⛈️ Huge Hailstorm Destroys Cars, Homes & Caus



Apr 15, 2026 #Iowa #Wisconsin #hailstorm
Chaos in Iowa & Wisconsin, USA !⛈️ Huge Hailstorm Destroys Cars, Homes & Causes Widespread Damage



A severe hail storm hit Iowa and Wisconsin, causing major hail damage across Waterloo, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Davenport, and Iowa City in Iowa, and Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, La Crosse, and Westby in Wisconsin.





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Justice matters.

(9,885 posts)
1. Krasnov propagandizes "Climat Change is a Democrat Hoax" right?
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 01:45 PM
21 hrs ago

Everything Krasnov touches dies.

aggiesal

(10,843 posts)
3. I'm sure glad that Climate Change is just a hoax, because if it was real, it would be a lot worse than this ...
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:15 PM
20 hrs ago

Do I need the sarcasm thingee?

This reminds me of the scene in "A Day After Tomorrow"

SWBTATTReg

(26,307 posts)
4. Whoa! Only one time in my life, have I have been in a massive hail storm, it ended up breaking like 40+ windows
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 02:35 PM
20 hrs ago

in both our house and our neighbor's house. The hailstones were approximately golf-ball size. Never again have I seen one that big. This was in Independence, MO, back in the 1960s.

QueerDuck

(1,822 posts)
7. Yep... the tiny thumbnail on DU's home page was ambiguous... so I took the "bait" and viewed the DU post. But...
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:11 PM
17 hrs ago

... I did not watch the video. Ugh.

ZDU

(1,292 posts)
8. AI Slop Warning
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 05:24 PM
17 hrs ago

LOVE those perfectly round holes in the siding... sure, sure I'm sure the video footage is totally real and hail hell happens

pansypoo53219

(23,092 posts)
9. we didn't get any hail here, just a sustained downpour + 1.70in of rain. had sustained quarter sized
Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:18 PM
16 hrs ago

hail years ago. a bit of water in the basement.

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