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Old 05-10-2025, 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
How big hail? Pea size hail don’t damage anything, but you wait the roofers will be out in full force wanting to replace your 2 year old roof? Maybe it catch fire like it did in 2018?
I would say that the hailstones that I saw were larger than pea size. Fortunately, they weren't the size of marbles like we used to play with as a kid.

However, it was the force of the wind that made them sound so bad as they hit our windows. Our front door is recessed about 8 feet from the front edge of the roof overhang and the hail stones were hitting our front storm door like crazy.

I would guess that the wind was blowing the stones sideways at about 35 mph as the hail was coming down. At that velocity, it wouldn't take a very large hailstone to break a window.

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