It's HOT! It's COLD! It's WINDY! It's DRY! It's WET! It's OUR Weather!

[stephwin]

Originally Posted by Taynxtlvl

Why on earth would anyone drive in a storm like this one. I say dip into a bank drive through or an office building covered park or parking garage even if one couldn't make it to the destination if one has too. I hear people were actually injured during this storm. When I tell you the sky went dark as this storm approached!

In a perfect world, everyone would do this. This particular storm was incredibly fast moving and had large variances in hail sizes. When it hit my area, it was only pea to marble sized but by the time it got to Wylie, it was huge. My husband got caught driving home from Denton in it but luckily there is no damage. On his particular route, there are no covered garages for him to pull in. There are a handful of gas stations and those were already packed by the time he could even consider pulling over. It's not like you can sit in a bank drive-thru line for 10 minutes just because it looks like it's going to hail. Also, if you're on the highway during rush hour, you probably can't just hop off and find shelter immediately.

[BigDGeek]

Originally Posted by Taynxtlvl

Why on earth would anyone drive in a storm like this one. I say dip into a bank drive through or an office building covered park or parking garage even if one couldn't make it to the destination if one has too. I hear people were actually injured during this storm. When I tell you the sky went dark as this storm approached!

If you can get to one, sure, that's a great plan.

Live here long enough and you'll get caught out too. Hopefully not in a hail storm or tornado. Or a flash flood.

[PanTerra]

Originally Posted by Taynxtlvl

I've only lived here a year but I feel like Hail is probably the biggest Peril the Metro deals with routinely on a regular basis it's probably part of the reason why the car insurance here in Bananas.


Why on earth would anyone drive in a storm like this one. I say dip into a bank drive through or an office building covered park or parking garage even if one couldn't make it to the destination if one has too. I hear people were actually injured during this storm. When I tell you the sky went dark as this storm approached!

When I lived in the Village, I didn't have covered parking so I would just watch the weather radar on TV. This was even before smartphones. So when it was getting close, I just drove over to Compass Bank at Caruth and Central and parked in their garage. Now with weather apps on smartphones, the radar goes where ever I go.

[biafra4life]

Originally Posted by BigDGeek

Glad nobody's hurt, and I hope your insurance company doesn't jerk you around and gets you fixed up really soon!

Thanks
I don't see the insurance adjuster till Sunday, but reports I'm getting from nieghbors is that they are all being nice right now, no low balling, penny pinching, nothing. Fingers crossed it stays that way because we've got a lot to fix. Roof Windows water damage to carpet and walls fence... I could go on. I need a drink.