What The Hail???

[Joel S. Berson]

In 18th-century New England, hail was compared in size to gunshot or
fowl eggs.  But all spherical.

Joel

At 8/10/2008 04:05 PM, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>I don't see the unusual aspect of this. In Wisconsin I've heard all
>sorts of hail sizes: nickel size, dime size, quarter size, golfball
>size (though spherical).
>
>Scot
>
>On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Doug Harris <cats22 at frontiernet.net> wrote:
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> > Just received from the National Weather Service in Albany NY:
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> > AT 324 PM EDT.NATL WEATHER SVC DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A  SEVERE
> > THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL.AND  DAMAGING WINDS IN
> > EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
> >
> > That ain't no two-bit storm, but is maybe a Guinness-booker, if it's
> > producing hail of _that_ size. (I always thought hail was more or less
> > spherical. Less, apparently, in this instance.)
> > dh
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