2023 Rain Thread

[crash_davis 23114]

78757. Powers out in Crestview. Power always goes out when it lightnings. Fuck this POS micro grid.

[Nicole44 22072]

All night (been watching NBC) saying not coming in my direction. Then 5 minutes before the baseball size hail hits they’re like “Hey it’s headed straight for your asses.” Lol. I will always take that rain but I mean legit telling us it won’t go much further south. Lies. Lol

[HenryJames 66160]

This is some big fucking hail.

[crash_davis 23114]

Top question for next house I buy. Is the house on a grid with a fire station, police station, or hospital?

[Armybrat 40877]

22 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Getting bigger. Good lord. 

I doubt she really said that.

[RexWilson 1348]

In Round Rock, the hail fucked up cars real good. My truck has crazy hail damage and it cracked the windshield and broke mirrors and brake lights. My house has broken windows, lights, and I am sure the roof is fucked. 

[Armybrat 40877]

5 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Top question for next house I buy. Is the house on a grid with a fire station, police station, or hospital?

Ours is. We never lost power during the Big Freeze.

[Armybrat 40877]

Just now, RexWilson said:

In Round Rock, the hail fucked up cars real good. My truck has crazy hail damage and it cracked the windshield and broke mirrors and brake lights. My house has broken windows, lights, and I am sure the roof is fucked. 

What side of Round Rock?

we are inBrushy Creek - got 1” hail for about 15 minutes.

[RexWilson 1348]

78681. Half a mile from Rudy’s near Old Town. 

[Party_Taco 3762]

In Round Rock, the hail fucked up cars real good. My truck has crazy hail damage and it cracked the windshield and broke mirrors and brake lights. My house has broken windows, lights, and I am sure the roof is fucked. 

Damn, son…

[MissingInAction 25172]

A couple of upstairs neighbors came down to my place to seek shelter.

They brought a gift along the way.

Not my hand.

 

Edited September 25, 2023 by MissingInAction

[SurlyBDR 22831]

6 minutes ago, RexWilson said:

In Round Rock, the hail fucked up cars real good. My truck has crazy hail damage and it cracked the windshield and broke mirrors and brake lights. My house has broken windows, lights, and I am sure the roof is fucked. 

What kind of truck? You may want to get it to a body shop as soon as possible if it's a GM or Dodge product 

[Party_Taco 3762]

I’ll spare comment on those nails to note that’s a fucking serious piece of hail. Tomorrow is gonna be a mess!

[MissingInAction 25172]

2 minutes ago, Party_Taco said:

I’ll spare comment on those nails to note that’s a fucking serious piece of hail. Tomorrow is gonna be a mess!

Ever had a girlfriend? They strip the paint once they settle in for the night.

Edited September 25, 2023 by MissingInAction

[Brisketexan 105275]

What kind of truck? You may want to get it to a body shop as soon as possible if it's a GM or Dodge product 

Seriously. If you have a hail damaged car, get it into the repair shop when they open tomorrow. The backlog is gonna be bad.

[Trey3216 15352]

33 minutes ago, ztejas said:

No rain yet in 78745 but this lightning is nuts. Check this out.

 

 

Yep. Lightning has been incredible in these storms.  I know we’ve had at least 2 lightning struck houses on fire in my area per news stations.   

[atomheartbevo 89778]

34 minutes ago, ztejas said:

No rain yet in 78745 but this lightning is nuts. Check this out.

There was a lightning strike that had to be over by Hyde Park that..sounded like it split something in half.

[Party_Taco 3762]

Ever had a girlfriend? They strip the paint once they settle in for the night.

I’m active in the wives thread… just because we’re broken doesn’t mean we fail to notice

[chainsaw 9873]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Seriously. If you have a hail damaged car, get it into the repair shop when they open tomorrow. The backlog is gonna be bad.

Fix it Again Tony

[SurlyBDR 22831]

3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Seriously. If you have a hail damaged car, get it into the repair shop when they open tomorrow. The backlog is gonna be bad.

My industry is fucked. Perfectly horrible timing 

[crash_davis 23114]

Looks like I'm probably getting a new roof. 

[RexWilson 1348]

10 minutes ago, SurlyBDR said:

What kind of truck? You may want to get it to a body shop as soon as possible if it's a GM or Dodge product 

Dodge Ram. Called the auto insurance already. 

[atomheartbevo 89778]

9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Seriously. If you have a hail damaged car, get it into the repair shop when they open tomorrow. The backlog is gonna be bad.

Listen to this man - just a sample from Round Rock and one dealership.

Damn

 

[SurlyBDR 22831]

2 minutes ago, RexWilson said:

Dodge Ram. Called the auto insurance already. 

Is it a newer model? If it is, and the shop has to use OEM parts, you could be facing a lengthy repair process as dealers aren't getting orders shipped from any of their warehouses currently. 

[MissingInAction 25172]

Hail was hitting my front door and it's 20 ft from the end of an awning.

Checked the car and it escaped damage by some miracle. 

 The refugees have left except for one requiring additional comfort.

[Bozo_Casanova 26522]

Lost a living room window, all of my screens and my BMW is almost certainly totaled. 

[Trey3216 15352]

Just got round 3 in Hewitt.  5 minutes of quarter+ sized hail and a shit ton more lightning.  

[Biff Tannen 45712]

More on the way in a couple hours?

 

 

[atomheartbevo 89778]

8 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

More on the way in a couple hours?

If so, hopefully no hail, because the last thing we need is a bunch of BMW owners filling up the repair shops, claiming their BMWs were nearly totaled because a single piece of hail left a small dent in their roof.

[Updawg 2286]

Damn. Looks like I need to move a car into the garage then

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3032]

No rain here of course.

[BachelorTrek 3061]

2 hours ago, RexWilson said:

In Round Rock, the hail fucked up cars real good. My truck has crazy hail damage and it cracked the windshield and broke mirrors and brake lights. My house has broken windows, lights, and I am sure the roof is fucked. 

I'm near Brushy Creek, and all cars that were not under some kind of cover have glass damage.

I lost 2 living room windows -- 1 of which was double-pane glass must have been hit twice and got a hole bigger than my fist to the outside air.  I already patched that until it can be replaced.  The other window had all kinds of breakage on the outside pane, but nothing came through the inside that I can tell.

Where I'm at in RR, any windows that weren't under a big enough awning that faced East got lots of damage. 

My garage saved any car damage.

As bad as the wait is going to be here for car and car-glass repairs, if I had a car with glass damage I'd hightail it to Houston or Dallas to not have to wait forever to get it fixed.

What a MESS!  FFS

Edited September 25, 2023 by BachelorTrek

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3032]

0.03”- cold front already pushing through, probably it for me 

[HenryJames 66160]

5 hours ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

Lost a living room window, all of my screens and my BMW is almost certainly totaled. 

#humblebrag

[CleverNickname 1321]

Lemons into lemonade... sometimes dealerships sell off inventory at steep discounts after hail, right? I'd be in the market for a truck that got hit by the ugly stick if it mechanically is new. I try to be a drive til it falls apart type owner.

[Post Oak 20257]

1.5" in Hewitt.  Thunder and lightning and more hail than I care for.

[Armybrat 40877]

8 hours ago, crash_davis said:

Looks like I'm probably getting a new roof. 

We just got a new roof two years ago, but it was a “heavy duty” upgrade, so the 1” hail probably didn’t damage it much.

[Armybrat 40877]

And we did get .6” of rain.

[utee94 15852]

Absolutely zero rain in NW Travis.  But also, no hail.  

[boilerhorn 1399]

Barely any rain in 78750.  Just wind.  

78756 - pool ball size hail, broken windshield and damaged 2 of my kids' vehicles.  Nowhere near as bad as some of the Round Rock experiences.

[NorthLoop 14225]

7 hours ago, Wilcox Cummingtonite said:

No rain here of course.

It was wet outside when I took the kids to school. Must've gotten something at some point. 

[MissingInAction 25172]

Bird bath is full, which means at least 32 Oz of rain in that particular spot.

[Trey3216 15352]

49 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

1.5" in Hewitt.  Thunder and lightning and more hail than I care for.

Round 4 that came through around 12:45 had some wicked lightning.   There were at least a dozen strikes that hit 50-100 feet from my house.   Thought for sure I was gonna be down a tree this morning.    

[InkaUtexas 26072]

Just enough rain in San Marcos to settle the dust and let the dogs get muddy paws. 

[miguelito 11291]

1.05" in Boerne, the most we've had since Spring.  Like, since Spring, we've had almost 0 rain.

Thunder all night, though, I didn't get much sleep.

[Beau Vine 54384]

17 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Just enough rain in San Marcos to settle the dust and let the dogs get muddy paws. 

Yeah, we got diddly squat.

[Armybrat 40877]

113 heat index yesterday afternoon here, then the terrible hail. 
Now there is a cricket infestation going on down in the Austin area.
Last week there was a 3.0 earthquake between here and San Antonio.
 

Glad I’m stocked up on ammo & Gatorade. 😜

[AUS-97HORN 11814]

1 minute ago, Armybrat said:

113 heat index yesterday afternoon here, then the terrible hail. 
Now there is a cricket infestation going on down in the Austin area.
Last week there was a 3.0 earthquake between here and San Antonio.
 

Glad I’m stocked up on ammo & Gatorade ENSURE 😜

FIFY

[Armybrat 40877]

Well, that too…..and Metamucil.

[Post Oak 20257]

1 hour ago, Trey3216 said:

Round 4 that came through around 12:45 had some wicked lightning.   There were at least a dozen strikes that hit 50-100 feet from my house.   Thought for sure I was gonna be down a tree this morning.    

Yep.  I can't sleep through any of that so I was up.  All in all we we were lucky.  

Honestly I don't remember the last time we had a thunderstorm like that.