Another TX Milestone

Last night as Rob and I were going to sleep, we heard thunder, then it started raining. Shortly after that we heard the pings of hail. Hail is not uncommon here - nearly every storm that comes through is preceded by a warning that golf ball sized hail or tennis ball sized hail is possible. We've never been hit by anything bigger than maybe a marble though. Last night the pings kept getting louder and louder and when we looked out the window, the hail was about golf ball sized. The house directly behind us has a swimming pool and the hail was hitting the pool with such force that the splashes dwarfed our six foot tall fence. I was afraid it was going to break a window and Rob's car was outside in the driveway (we technically have a two car garage, but if you park two cars in there, you have to climb out the window to get out of the car, so we usually only bring his car in when we think there is going to be a really bad storm) and we couldn't go out and drive it in with that hail falling. His car now has quite a few dents, but they are pretty small at least :) It's not horribly noticeable. Apparently the area just a mile or two south of us got tennis ball sized hail. A friend called this afternoon and her neighbor lost his windshield to their hail. Her roof now looks like it's made of swiss cheese and is going to have to be completely replaced. I hadn't even thought about our roof - we are going to have to get up there and take a look at it (and by we, I mean Rob :) I don't do heights).

I ran out as soon as it stopped hailing and took a few pictures. It continued to rain, so the hail has shrunk a bit, but you get the general idea :)