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5. I wish you good luck. No matter what it looks like, it could be worse.

Mon Sep 15, 2025, 01:52 PM

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Years ago, I was on the air at a radio station during an ice storm. The building sat directly underneath the 600 foot tower. Ice began falling from the tower and loudly hitting the roof so frequently that I stopped opening the microphone and just segued records.

After awhile the operations manager came in and asked for my car keys so he could move my car away from the building, and out of range from the ice. A few minutes later he came back and said he had good news and bad news. The good news was he had moved the car. The bad news was that it was AFTER the roof of my VW Super Beetle had been caved it.

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I was just caught in a massive hail storm about a mile from home. It had started [View all] riversedge Monday OP

BTW--I am in Wisconsin about 12O miles straight East of Mpls St. riversedge Monday #1

yes, I will have to dig out my policy. riversedge Monday #6

This is why we have auto insurance. Irish_Dem Monday #2

Dang! Nittersing Monday #3

How big were the hailstones? UpInArms Monday #4

dime to quarter size as far as I could tell--but the hailstorm lasted like seemed FOREVER! I riversedge Monday #8

I wish you good luck. No matter what it looks like, it could be worse. rsdsharp Monday #5

The good with the bad. But you were safe I presume. riversedge Monday #7

Yes, I was inside, but this was a station where that tower had fallen in an ice storm several months previously. rsdsharp Monday #9

Hopefully it didn't damage the roof of your house. Emile Monday #10