Freak hailstorm hits Melbourne

[Crazy Paul]

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VZ SS

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[Crazy Paul]

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[GRRRR8]

I was in Georgia for a golf ball to baseball size hail storm. The damage to cars was UNBELIEVABLE!!

[parish8]

wow, that is sad to see.

[Crazy Paul]

What's weird is that it's only the first week after summer here.

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[TurboMike]

Jeebus! Are those cars gona be totalled by insurance?

[Crazy Paul]

Jeebus! Are those cars gona be totalled by insurance?

Some for sure.
Guys are reporting 100 golfball sized dents per car, smashed windscreens, some families with 3 cars + house windows, air conditioners, awnings etc all smashed to shit.


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[travis gore]

ouch. that is crazy

[sweetair]

That is a very impressive hail storm. Sorry about all the damage.

[BlueJacket]

We had a storm like that hit Columbus a couple of years ago. It hit one of the biggest car dealers in the state and caused millions in damages. From time to time I still see cars driving around with hundreds of hail stone dents all over them. Instead of fixing the car the dealer just sold them at a very discounted rate and pocketed the insurance money.

[jnak]

Holy crap! Hope your stuff is OK Paul. Those are some nasty hailstones.

[Crazy Paul]

Holy crap! Hope your stuff is OK Paul. Those are some nasty hailstones.

Yup, that's 1700 miles away.
We've not even had any rain where I live since mid November.

[jnak]

Oh, I didn't realize you were in Perth.

[Remikinz]

DAAAAMN! Does Aussy land usually get freakish hail storms like that? Looking on youtube looks like you guys got flooded pretty bad too!!

Sorry to hear about all the damages too :(

[TurboMike]

Yup, that's 1700 miles away.
We've not even had any rain where I live since mid November.


Oh I thought those were YOUR cars.

[Crazy Paul]

Oh I thought those were YOUR cars.
The one with the Frod badge wasn't a clue ?

[vert]

So that is where my baseball went. I would hate be to caught outside in that, be a major headache and then some.

[bobyoung]

We had one about the same intensity here last summer. I had just gotten in the door from food shopping and crash! It sounded exactly the same as that video and the hail stones were about the same size. My G8 was caught in it and it took over a month to get it back, the body shop did a great job though and my second hood was put on. I posted something about it last year in the lounge.There was a lot of damage, roofs, cars etc. I ended up changing insurance companies because they fought the body shop so much. Half the car had to be repainted.

[wnt2gofst]

WOw that is crazy. Been in some hail storms but never anything that big...

[confused2much]

Holy shit! That is insane.

[GTPprix]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paul go buy us some hail damaged cars and ship em over!

[confused2much]

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Paul go buy us some hail damaged cars and ship em over!

LMAO...Every one look out for CP next big sale....beware of fine print such as "slight water damage".....:brock:

[GTPprix]

LMAO...Every one look out for CP next big sale....beware of fine print such as "slight water damage".....:brock:

LOL I'll take ANY VE holden he can get with hail damage I'm sure I can fix it LOLOLOLOL

[christiancoach]

The guys who run the paintless dent removal business's will be busy for a few weeks!

[GrandPrix98GT]

I think I saw this on the news...

But that is crazy see hail that size. Never seen anything like it around here. Maybe quarter sized but not like that.

[bobyoung]

The guys who run the paintless dent removal business's will be busy for a few weeks!

That doesn't work for hail like that. Mine had to be sanded and painted in a lot of areas.

[99-LS1-SS]

Yup, that's 1700 miles away.
We've not even had any rain where I live since mid November.

Are you pet lizards going to be ok?

[-Ray-]

The one with the Frod badge wasn't a clue ?

LOL, you can't even type the word. Priceless.

[Crazy Paul]

Are you pet lizards going to be ok?

Naah they're not really pets, more like free range lizards. They're free to do anything they want including leave. I haven't seen any of them for about 3 months. I went looking a few weeks ago and saw from about 3 feet away just the tail of a brown snake disappearing behind my garden shed. That was enough of a wildlife adventure for the next 3 months so I retreated back to the house.

If the lizards are still here they would have figured out that the garden sprinklers come on twice a week and they can drink that water.

[Crazy Paul]

The guys who run the paintless dent removal business's will be busy for a few weeks!

Many years ago (after a big hailstorm) there were a lot of cars suddenly in car yards with vinyl roofs. I've never seen a VE with a vinyl roof but if I do I'll know what's underneath.

[R.Penguin]

Glad all is well with you CP! :p

[99-LS1-SS]

You too Penguin!

[djchubbs]

holy crap I guess hail damage isnt something normally offered in aussie land..

[Crazy Paul]

holy crap I guess hail damage isnt something normally offered in aussie land..

One week after the end of summer is the weird bit.
It was probably a once in 10 or 20 yr ferocity hailstorm regardless of season.

[Crazy Paul]

Glad all is well with you CP! :p
Yessir, keep up the good work Penguin.
:cheers:

[HoldenMan21]

Ouch ! that hurts !

We get some quite often but last June we had a big one so I did what I could to protect my baby ...

[01350ta]

Those cars look like there from here in Texas. Not some you normally see in the southern states of Oz.

[kevinm0131]

Big ass OUCH! My 2000 Grand Prix got beat pretty badly in '02. Made me sick, but, the shop did a bang up job on it.

Kevin

[Crazy Paul]

About 2 weeks after Melbourne, Perth got hit with a savage hailstorm.
About 500 hail damaged cars were just sold at auction.

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[richmond2000]

had one of them blow through in Manitoba the end resault was aircon knocked off of the house/ all west side blown in + one VERY cheap new ute $9995 !!!! (new hood / vinyl top and almost as good as new