Thunderstorms

[Pagemaster]

So we have a major storm on our hands out here in L.A. County and we might be having quarter size hail, so I made the executive desicion to move the Ranger into the garage tonight.

 

[LIMA BEAN]

Thats crazy stuff. About a month ago we had thunder and its the first time Ive heard it in 15 years.

 

[MMRanger]

Thunderstorms here in the Pacific are plenty. Most of the time, GPS and mobile signals go down.

 

[brother rat]

did you guys end up actually seeing any hail up there? it was pretty mild where I am. the lightning was cool to watch.

 

[Pagemaster]

did you guys end up actually seeing any hail up there? it was pretty mild where I am. the lightning was cool to watch.

Its still goin strong up here but not cold enough for hail. were alot closer to it than you are though. it was centered out around palmdale which is just like 20 min up the freeway.

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I've seen it hail when the temp was around 80* or so, ground temp doesn't matter much because the hail forms high up.

Often when strong thunderstorm comes through here they will claim that it will hail, I've gotten tired of getting excited about such a report because only once was it enough to damage things (and then it put something like 92 dents in my Ranger and destroyed my 1-yr old aluminum cap). I was parked under two huge oaks too, it seemed like it made things worse.

On a side note, we had two F-350s sitting out in that same storm - an 89 and a 94. Both survived the storm with two very small dings each. Hooray for thicker sheet metal and steel hoods, lol.

 

[country0001]

Thunderstorms are regular around here. Its good sleepin weather!

 

[brother rat]

Thunderstorms are regular around here. Its good sleepin weather!

Oklahoma also just had it's biggest earthquake on record which was a 5 and some change. Quakes are regular around here. I sleep through anything smaller than a 6 or 7 depending on how far away it is.
You grow accustomed to your surroundings and it's novel when you get something unusual. Like lightning and hail in Southern California.

 

[country0001]

Didn't even notice the earthquake, I was bout 100 miles north of it at the time though. Some people swear that they felt it.

 

[gw33gp]

Its still goin strong up here but not cold enough for hail. were alot closer to it than you are though. it was centered out around palmdale which is just like 20 min up the freeway.

I don't think it was centered around Palmdale. I measured almost 2 inches of rain in Costa Mesa that fell between 8:00AM and 5:30PM. No hail though.

 

[Pagemaster]

I don't think it was centered around Palmdale. I measured almost 2 inches of rain in Costa Mesa that fell between 8:00AM and 5:30PM. No hail though.

The weather service said palmdale. idk. but we did get some hail here so im glad i put the truck inside! although it was minute, i just felt better havin her out of the weather.

 

[daniel3507]

Didn't even notice the earthquake, I was bout 100 miles north of it at the time though. Some people swear that they felt it.

I felt it. Was watching sportscenter and everything started shaking. Had no clue what the hell was going on haha.

 

[Pagemaster]

I felt it. Was watching sportscenter and everything started shaking. Had no clue what the hell was going on haha.

Last earthquake out here, i was grocery shopping and the whole place started shaking and stuff fell off all the shelves, and as soon as it was over, everyone just kept doing what they were doing before. gotta love socal.

 

[strvger]

Last earthquake out here, i was grocery shopping and the whole place started shaking and stuff fell off all the shelves, and as soon as it was over, everyone just kept doing what they were doing before. gotta love socal.

actually, i really hated living there. glad i moved. best decision i ever made.
but that's just me.

 

[Mac]

We could sure use some rain here, only had about a 1/4" total all month. Last month we had 5 1/2" in one day. Screwy weather lots of places.
Dave