Summer Hailstorm!

The pandemic is still raging in the US. We’re still social-distancing and staying away from any activities that might find us indoors with a bunch of other people. And of course, we’re wearing our face coverings — willingly — whenever we have to be in an enclosed space.

No overseas travel plans for the rest of the year ... tired of having them canceled, so we’re not making any. Instead, we’re making good use of our home-on-wheels to explore our new home state. Those stories are in the “trip” for our Phoenix Cruiser travels (https://findpenguins.com/8pccjefaitoru/trip/t2t….)

That’s the catch-up. Now to get on with the story described by the title of this footprint.

Summer storms are a fixture in our area. They tend to come in the late afternoon and are often fast-moving. Sometimes they drop hail ... small ones, big ones. Most times it’s just liquid stuff.

These summer storms tend to bypass our neighborhood. We've been known to stand on our porch and watch the storms pass north or south or east of us, with nary a drop wetting the ground at our house. We listen to the thunder. We watch the lightning. But we remain storm-free in our neighborhood.

Not this time. No sooner had Mui finished installing a cell signal booster on the Cruiser and taken it back to storage that the heavens opened up. A few minutes later the pitter-patter that announces a hailstorm was going full blast.

The good news? Unlike the golf ball-sized hail that covered the ground at The Broadmoor a few weeks ago, the hail that fell here at the house today was pea- to grape-sized. It was over in five minutes ... nothing to cause any serious damage.Læs mere