Yet another hailstorm here in Boulder, CO. This time the stones are much larger

[ProudLib72]

I have NEVER seen so many hailstorms in CO!

[SHRED]

1. Where in CO?

[ProudLib72]

2. Boulder

Front range

[beveeheart]

3. Broomfield just had hailstorm,

lasted longer than yesterday's, more hail and very windy. My flowers are not looking so good.

[ProudLib72]

4. The stones up here were quarter sized!

I keep having to run out into the street, jump into my car, and start it up just so I can move it to a more sheltered location under a big tree.

[Laffy Kat]

8. You, too? I just posted about Lafayette.

My neighbor's veggie garden is toast, shredded, kaput.

Supposedly, we have more of this system moving through tonight. Keep yourself safe.

[beveeheart]

10. A second wave of pea-sized hail followed a half hour later.

I think my flowers suffered quite a bit, more from the first wave though because that hail was larger.

Have you noticed that lately thunder has been really loud with long rolling rumbles?

[Laffy Kat]

12. Yes. These storms remind me of the ones we used to get when I first moved...

To Colorado in 1981. I was living in Arapahoe County and they happened almost every late summer afternoon. We also saw wimpy tornadoes and funnel clouds. I thought those days were long gone. Were you here in the 80s? Do you remember?

[ProudLib72]

14. I remember the storms of the early 80s.

I moved here late 81. There were always afternoon storms, but I don't remember there being so much hail!

Moved to a new house in Aurora in 2009. That first spring/summer we had constant tornado warnings. I remember teaching a class and getting three tornado warnings in an hour. I just gave up trying to teach that day.

[Laffy Kat]

19. Aurora always seems to get more dramatic weather.

I can remember driving home from work with water up to my car doors.

[beveeheart]

16. Yes, got here in '82, left in '89, came back '98.

[Laffy Kat]

18. Seems like the real drought started in the 90s.

Especially in Boulder County. I can remember the late 90s and 2000s we had weeks w/o rain.

[ProudLib72]

20. Remember the floods of 2013?

I was still in Aurora then. One of the bigger streets got flooded. The next week it was closed down. I walked over to look at it, and one lane was completely gone. There was a gully about five feet deep the water had cut!

[Laffy Kat]

21. Oh gosh, yes.

I had a temp job in Longmont at the hospital and 287 washed out and I couldn't get there. That was also the year I had a Danish exchange high-school student that year. I warned her how dry it was here in Colorado and then it flooded, LOL.

[Harker]

5. I used to get stoned in Boulder all the time.

[The Figment]

7. I'll second that,lol. Nt

[ProudLib72]

6. And the power went off!

Things are getting serious around here!

[Laffy Kat]

9. I posted, too, about Lafayette.

Sounded like the house was coming apart. My poor pets have just about had it the last couple of days.

[beveeheart]

11. One of our dogs gets very nervous because of thunder.

We've just started giving her Doggy-CBD treats to calm her. Seems to be working.

[Laffy Kat]

13. I've been thinking about CBD, too.

Both for me and my puppy. My older dog is deaf and has no fu#ks to give, LOL. I might try one on the pup.

[ProudLib72]

15. Did you see all the lightning last night?

Lots of super bright lightning and long peals of thunder. My dog insisted on sleeping with me.

[beveeheart]

17. Peals...that's the word I was looking for instead of rumbles

And yes, lots.