Re: TB: HAIL!!!! Aaaaggghhhh!
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] TB: HAIL!!!! Aaaaggghhhh!
- From: M* S*
- Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 06:34:01 -0700
From: "Mike Sutton" <suttons@lightspeed.net>
My heart felt condolences, another reason to live in CA iris heaven. When
it hails it is usually only the real soft stuff, and rarely last for more
than 30 seconds.
Mike
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>How depressing. I was sitting in my living room today, listening to the
>weather radio. Severe thunderstorm warnings and even a tornado warning in
my
>county (thank goodness it was north of me!) All the sudden the sky opened
up
>and the rain came out! I can live with rain and thunder and lightning. I
>wasn't prepared for the hail. I
>noticed all the green leaves under the oak tree and wondered how in the
world
>so many could have been taken off. When I got to the beds, I wanted to cry.
I
>had probably 75 to 100 Iris in bloom this morning. There was not one single
>flower that was discernible as an Iris! The beds were littered in colorful
>confetti. Chunks of petals all over the dirt, tattered remains hanging from
>the stalks. There were even holes thru some of the leaves! I just went back
>in the house.
> Do you think my husband would spring for one of those automatic pool cover
>things??
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