A Miracle Of Nature / myLot

Germany

July 11, 2019 9:42am CST

Well, kind of. A negative one, though. Nobody will be happy if they get into close contact with it. When I saw this photo on the net, I thought that someone was holding two ostrich eggs in his hands. But no! These are hailstones! Can you imagine being hit by such a smasher? I'm sure it could kill small animals if it hit one at full speed. Imagine the damage done to cars, windows and roofs! The hailstones were found in Pescara, a town in the centre of Italy on the eastern cost. The whole region is being hit by severe thunderstorms and one can watch videos showing deckchairs and umbrellas flying across the beaches and tourists running back to their houses. The Adriatic coast of Italy is one of the most famous holiday regions for European tourists. I'm sure that this is not what you expect to experience during your holidays!

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LindaOH

@LindaOHio (177809)

• United States

11 Jul 19

A hailstone like that could kill a person! Strange weather everywhere.

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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

11 Jul 19

that is a huge one there.Imagine this hit your head.Zap I would not.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (50179)

• United States

11 Jul 19

Those look very deadly.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jul 19

I'm sure they can be if they hit you at the temple.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

12 Jul 19

Wow, those are huge! The biggest I have personally seen were the size of golf balls and they did a lot of damage to cars.

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Hope

@1hopefulman (45120)

• Canada

12 Jul 19

@MALUSE I have been looking at some of the videos on YouTube. Very scary!

Hail In Pescara, Italy The Size Of Oranges!

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Hail In Pescara, Italy The Size Of Oranges! #Pescara #Italy #Hail

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

12 Jul 19

@1hopefulman Indeed! I wouldn't want to be hit by such a hailstone.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

12 Jul 19

We had the golf ball size some years ago. The damages were enormous. Professional gardeners lost their glass houses, roofs were destroyed, cars damaged. One doesn't want to imagine what these enormous hail stones can do.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (10078)

• United States

11 Jul 19

A few years ago, Oklahoma was hit with hail this size. My youngest and family still lived there and it destroyed one of their new cars. They knew a storm was coming and put the horses in the barn and good thing they did.

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jul 19

Oh, dear. Did the insurance pay?

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jul 19

@noni1959 This makes sense from the insurances' point of view, of course, but is not good for the people who suffer the damage.

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Loretta

@noni1959 (10078)

• United States

11 Jul 19

@MALUSE It did but didn't cover the whole amount. They learned to get an umbrella policy or whatever they are called. It pays the part the main doesn't. Some places won't cover if the weather is the norm like in flood plains.

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Susan

@HazySue (39268)

• Gouverneur, New York

11 Jul 19

Those are huge hailstones. It could seriously damage your property not to mention your person.

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MrsJ

@SophiaMorros (5044)

• Belews Creek, North Carolina

11 Jul 19

Those are monsters!

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Judy Story

@jstory07 (139510)

• Roseburg, Oregon

11 Jul 19

Imagine if they hit you on the head.

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Lenore Plassman

@sallypup (60957)

• Centralia, Washington

14 Jul 19

One of those monsters could smash a window and send a person to the hospital.

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

14 Jul 19

There have been lots of damaged houses and cars and injured people, too.

Judy Evans

@JudyEv (339431)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jul 19

Hailstones can make a real mess of cars. A few years ago, a heap of brand-new cars were sold off very cheaply after a severe hailstorm.

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@acelawrites

@acelawrites (19272)

• Philippines

11 Jul 19

Yes, I thought those were ostrich eggs; they're so dangerous!

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Kharla Jolly

@kobesbuddy (78882)

• East Tawas, Michigan

11 Jul 19

Those are definitely big hailstones, they could kill someone! We get smaller hail stones, at times. If a person gets hit by these, they leave welts all over their body!

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M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jul 19

I certainly wouldn't like to be hit by such a whopper.

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@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Jul 19

@kobesbuddy Our car was hit by small hailstones once. The roof looked as if the car had had pox.