We had a massive hail storm about 8:00 this morning. The sky was so dark - it seemed like it was 5am instead of 8am. It only lasted 10-15 minutes, but I've never seen/heard hail that bad - it sounded like my house was going to collapse around me! The hail was only about marble-sized, but the sheer volume was unbelievable! It was crashing into the windows and the side of the house so loudly. The velocity at which it fell from the sky caused it to bounce of the ground and ricochet up to hit even more windows. For example, hail bounced off our deck and hit Lawson's bedroom window (about 10-12 feet to the side)! Lawson was a little scared and the cats were completely flipping out. Yikes! Fortunately, we don't have any damage, it was just interesting to watch/hear. If you click on the images, you'll get an up-close view and can see the detail a bit better.


Here's my deck, covered in hail stones:

The stones came flying down the rain gutters, causing some nice pile-ups: