Tornados too close for comfort

bean

Oct 4, '06 · 7:48 PM700

Somewhere earlier I mentioned our lovely Ohio weather. This morning started out to be beautiful summer day in October. Tonight? Really bad storms and a few tornados really close. We spent the dinner hour in the basement!

I heard on the news there was golf ball size hail in several areas and baseball size hail reported also!! It didn't get that bad here at home. Mr. OL called home and said they went into tornando drill mode at work and could hear the storm pass over. He said it sounded like a really loud train and you could hear all the hail. An hour later he went out to check on his car in the parking lot. He said it looked like ice cubes were laying on the ground everywhere. He has many hail dents in his car and the driver's side mirror is broken. :bang:

Is hail damage repairable?

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SoWal Expert

Oct 4, '06 · 8:03 PM#2

Speaking as a survivor of the Great Hail Storm of 1995 in Ft. Worth, yes, it can be repaired if you didn't have grapefruit size hail.

Edited Oct 4, '06 · 8:03 PM

quirty

Oct 4, '06 · 8:09 PM#3

Speaking as a survivor of the Great Hail Storm of 1995 in Ft. Worth, yes, it can be repaired if you didn't have grapefruit size hail.

Or you can be like me, get the check from State Farm for $3000, and total your car a year later, never having actually repaired the hail damage (I could only see the dents if I turned my head sideways.)

got any pics?

Oct 4, '06 · 8:09 PM#4

Somewhere earlier I mentioned our lovely Ohio weather. This morning started out to be beautiful summer day in October. Tonight? Really bad storms and a few tornados really close. We spent the dinner hour in the basement! I heard on the news there was golf ball size hail in several areas and baseball size hail reported also!! It didn't get that bad here at home. Mr. OL called home and said they went into tornando drill mode at work and could hear the storm pass over. He said it sounded like a really loud train and you could hear all the hail. An hour later he went out to check on his car in the parking lot. He said it looked like ice cubes were laying on the ground everywhere. He has many hail dents in his car and the driver's side mirror is broken. Is hail damage repairable?

Yikes! I hate nights like that. The hail damage can be repaired. But, depending on the on the age of the car the insurance co may total it.

SoWal Expert

Oct 4, '06 · 8:14 PM#5

Yikes! I hate nights like that. The hail damage can be repaired. But, depending on the on the age of the car the insurance co may total it.

yep, that was my experience. they just totaled it--the damage was 7,000.

My moon roof looked like Texas Stadium.

beanAuthor

Oct 4, '06 · 8:53 PM#6

Yikes! I hate nights like that. The hail damage can be repaired. But, depending on the on the age of the car the insurance co may total it.

Hmm, I can't wait to see it when he gets home. It's storming again with skeery lightnening....time to shut the puter down again. UGH. Almost PR time anyway.

Beach Fanatic

Oct 4, '06 · 8:54 PM#7

Be Safe.

beanAuthor

Oct 4, '06 · 8:55 PM#8

yep, that was my experience. they just totaled it--the damage was 7,000. My moon roof looked like Texas Stadium.

Double yikes! Don't think the car is worth $7,000. LOL It's a 2001 Saturn. It's a great little car so I'm bummed!

Skunky

Oct 4, '06 · 9:16 PM#9

Do you know how your house roof made out? Better check it out:shock:

got any pics?

Oct 4, '06 · 9:25 PM#10

Double yikes! Don't think the car is worth $7,000. LOL It's a 2001 Saturn. It's a great little car so I'm bummed!

You may be getting a new Saturn :cool:

beanAuthor

Oct 4, '06 · 11:02 PM#11

Do you know how your house roof made out? Better check it out:shock:

We didn't get any hail at home thank god. It was all around us. Mr OL was at work when the big one came through.

fartblossom

Oct 5, '06 · 12:23 AM#12

we got lucky o.l. we didn't get the hail either at home, but we've had close to 2 inches of rain since about 6 and man was it windy ! sorry about your car - my crv was sitting outside, and the were predicting golfball sized hail here, so i was a bit worried ....

Beach Fanatic

Oct 5, '06 · 3:38 AM#13

The Midwest has had some wild weather this year.
Stay safe, guys.
I remember one summer hailstorm in Colorado that shredded our garden; basically the entire backyard became pesto. We got a new roof out of that one.

fartblossom

Oct 5, '06 · 5:06 AM#14

chemlawn just aerated our yard, and so not only do we have all these little dirt "cores" all over the yard, but now the yard is like one gigantic bog from the water collecting in the holes ! mucho funn with a dog with white/gray hair that is at least 8 inches long again....

Skunky

Oct 5, '06 · 7:12 AM#15

chemlawn just aerated our yard, and so not only do we have all these little dirt "cores" all over the yard, but now the yard is like one gigantic bog from the water collecting in the holes ! mucho funn with a dog with white/gray hair that is at least 8 inches long again....

:shock: What a mess!

beanAuthor

Oct 5, '06 · 7:17 AM#16

chemlawn just aerated our yard, and so not only do we have all these little dirt "cores" all over the yard, but now the yard is like one gigantic bog from the water collecting in the holes ! mucho funn with a dog with white/gray hair that is at least 8 inches long again....

Oh jeesh. I know about the white dog but I can lift mine up into the sink afterwards to wash off her paws. I don't think you can do that!

Mr. OL's car looks very dimpled on the trunk, hood and roof!

fartblossom

Oct 5, '06 · 3:28 PM#17

Oh jeesh. I know about the white dog but I can lift mine up into the sink afterwards to wash off her paws. I don't think you can do that

Mr. OL's car looks very dimpled on the trunk, hood and roof!

not with dory tipping the scales at 110. she's not fat, she big-boned !