All Hail Eagan

That was some exciting weather. We just got the tent in the backyard down, and in rolled a storm, and hail. Lots of hail. Big hail. Fortunately we have a garage. Unfortunately, my car is at the shop, which stores them outside. I hear there wasn't any hail if you traveled a few miles north, so I'm hoping my car was in a low-hail zone and doesn't end up looking like Cookie Queen's did last weekend.

There is the sound of dozens of sirens outside. I really hope that doesn't mean there were bicyclists and others caught out in the ice storm. There are some selected photos and two movies below, but if you'd like to see a slew of photos, here's the flickr set.

Some of the larger hail stones.


Pooteewheet's camera lens for comparison.


There was quite a bit of it, especially near the garage.


The kids doing cleanup.


It wasn't good for the plants (you can see a hole in one of the plants on flickr from where a hailstone passed through it).


After the bulk of the hail had fallen:


A little closer while it continues: