Thread: How's this for hail ?

Originally Posted by bob10

During that particular storm , my parents roof was ripped apart, their ceiling fell in , and they had to take cover under the kitchen table, hailstones as big as grapefruit almost killed them. NOW, that was a hailstorm! Bob

Pretty much like the 1999 hailstorm that went through Sydneys southern & eastern suburbs, the hail stones were going straight through tile roofs and then through the ceilings. We had to get a grader to clear the road into Bundeena, and ice was still there 24+ hrs later.

Qantas were close to writing off a near new 767 that was on the runway threshold at the time.

Bureau - Sydney Severe Hailstorm 14 April 1999


Martyn

Originally Posted by Bushie

Pretty much like the 1999 hailstorm that went through Sydneys southern & eastern suburbs, the hail stones were going straight through tile roofs and then through the ceilings. We had to get a grader to clear the road into Bundeena, and ice was still there 24+ hrs later.

Qantas were close to writing off a near new 767 that was on the runway threshold at the time.

Bureau - Sydney Severe Hailstorm 14 April 1999


Martyn

Yes, I was working at the Port Hacking Conference Centres at the time and it was amazing.

We had craters 3-5 cm deep in the grass field, smashed roofs, shade sails acting as nets and full of cricket ball sized hail for well over a day.

I remember looking up at the sky about 5 mins before it started and thinking that I'd never seen anything like it before. The BOM copped a lot of flack for not giving any warnings.