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"Baseball-sized" hail will do that. It will also break or badly damage a lot of other things, including buildings, homes, automobiles, animals, and people. For
by cs702 3y ago
"Baseball-sized" hail will do that. It will also break or badly damage a lot of other things, including buildings, homes, automobiles, animals, and people. For example, here are some pictures of car damage: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=giant%20hail%20car%20damage https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=giant%20hail%20car%... .
We are, after all, talking about big balls of ice hurling down from the sky, their speed increasing by 32.2 feet/second every second.
- arbuge 3y ago> their speed increasing by 32.2 feet/second every second. Until terminal velocity is reached of course, although wind speeds in the impact zone could also add to that.
- cs702 3y agoYes. That doesn't make it any less scary, though -- ice balls are pretty aerodynamic!
- dredmorbius 3y agoStorm cells can experience tremendous downdrafts, such that falling objects (rain, hail, small children, etc.) can see higher-than-gravitational acceleration. This is especially the case in a downburst event, where cold air suddenly collapses down through the cloud column. Which might itself be associated with / a trigger for hail formation. These downdrafts (as well as the resulting horizontal outflows of air near ground-level) have caused a number of aircraft accidents, a combination of both trying to fly through a descending air column and the sudden changes in registered airspeed as the craft first fights a strong headwind (increasing lift), then experiences a strong tailwind (decreasing it), and even causing the aircraft to stall from insufficient airspeed.
- sumtechguy 3y agoHad a friend that lives in that area. This happened a few years ago. He had just bought a new mustang. 2 weeks later its in the shop for hail damage. Hundreds of dents. That stuff is no joke.
- almost_usual 3y agoDents? Baseball and softball size hail will total a car.
- sumtechguy 3y agoIt was brand new and the cost to fix was less than the car and was covered. Totaled usually enters the picture if it is more to fix than the car is worth.