All "Hail" breaking loose in CHico, CA, marble sized hail, wind gust-scary

[fed-up]

er than all hell breaking loose.

Ground is covered in white, has been going on last five minutes or so...

forgot to add thunder right on top of me with lightening added as a bonus, no extra charge, my poor dog...

radar shows red
http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?ID=BBX®ion=b1&lat=39.72507095&lon=-121.81204224&label=Chico%2c%20CA

[LaurenG]

1. I don't like hail either

Loud I'll bet. Tell us when it stops. :hug:

[fed-up]

3. hail was coming down sideways from the west, still thundering, I hope it

doesn't knock down any of the oak trees that surround my house...

Guess I will wait a bit to go pick up my son.

Thanks for answering.

[fed-up]

5. Looks like it has moved eastward to the foothills, still very dark clouds

outside, but the weather map shows the storm cell has moved on.

Thanks for being here...

We may get a few more cells later in the day, up until dark.

At least I didn't lose power, it just flickered a few times and all my trees are still standing.

[LaurenG]

6. I am glad it's moving on. Bad weather is no fun

:hug: I am happy the trees survived as well. :hi:

[Scout1071]

2. Hello Chico! I used to spend some time there.

Back in the day. And Lake Almanor.

As for the hail....welcome to Kansas. That's typical spring weather here.

[fed-up]

4. Haven't been to Lake Almanor yet, Chico has grown and is still growing

The south end of town is all box stores and malls. They are even building east of Bruce Road now...

Still, I love it here.

Our hail isn't usually quite this large nor does it come in with such a bang.

[Shine]

7. Yeah, that stuff was amazing 'round these parts a few hrs ago...

I posted pix from my deck in this thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x4818412

very intense, but exciting!

:hi:

[fed-up]

8. Nice pics-a Redwood tree killed a woman in Boulder Creek last night

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/baycitynews/archive/2006/02/28/treedeaths28.DTL

Redwood falls, killing woman and her dog

Bay City News
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Boulder Creek -- A tall Redwood tree struck and killed a woman and her small dog when it split about 100 feet above ground and tumbled down on the pair Monday night in Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz County Coroner Sgt. Larry Roland said today.

Loretta Malat, 73, walked her dog outside her home at 223 Oakwood Lane when the large tree pinned her and her dog to the ground.

She was found by a neighbor and pronounced dead at the scene.

Hard-blowing winds most likely knocked down part of the tree, Roland said.

[Shine]

9. Wow!! I hadn't heard this bit of news yet....and we get the SC Sentinel.

poor Loretta's family! How sad....

:cry:

[XemaSab]

10. You need to come to our Northern/Central California get-together!

April 1, Sacramento!

:hi: from Redding!