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buffalobo
05-09-2023, 22:42
Guess it's a good time to start this years thread.
Got hammered, pea sized to up to baseball sized and more forecast for tomorrow. Not looking forward to seeing cars in daylight.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230510/5cef509be8d8c8e438db74b5aef44187.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230510/3709fc5c332fe29d2f98f1918b775b3e.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230510/5aed7b6a57a75f85cc0663e38e939ed5.jpg
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
I think I got lucky. Hailed for about twenty minutes but I only saw a few pieces that were about the size of a quarter. Most of it was marble or pea sized. I don?t anticipate any damage to my vehicles or roof but who knows.
My truck looks like hell in the dark. We had a good 45 minutes of hail. The first wave was the big thumpers on the roof. Then constant marble to 1?.
Damnit.
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As a kid in OK, I remember one time the hailstones were so big and the yard was so saturated they didn't even bounce, they just stuck in the ground. Now there were some fucked up cars and roofs all over town that time! Just beat the hell out of things.
One of my neighbors bought their first home. Lightning set the attic on fire a few weeks ago. Loud enough that I immediately stood straight up at 3am.
BPTactical
05-10-2023, 05:28
Incredible storm last night?
This should be interesting, my truck is sitting at the dealership 7 miles away with a transmission issue. I am driving a loaner which is a ?23 F150.
My insurance is what covers the loaner as well to my understanding.
If they both look like a golf ball???[facepalm]
Unless the dealership has insurance on it. Then yours will be on the hook for deductible.
It could always be worse. I have some 1? stones in the backyard this morning, after melting all night. Doesn?t look as bad as the pictures I?m seeing from Erie. My poor truck with the aluminum hood! Ugh
It did a number on the patio cover.
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These are 1? squares on the table cover. I guess some of these are still larger than an inch this morning, 7 hours after the storm.
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encorehunter
05-10-2023, 07:46
I think I got lucky. I had the truck parked close to the hotel here in Loveland, and it doesn't appear to have any damage. I don't want a repeat of the hailstorm last year.
hollohas
05-10-2023, 07:51
It could always be worse. I have some 1? stones in the backyard this morning, after melting all night. Doesn?t look as bad as the pictures I?m seeing from Erie. My poor truck with the aluminum hood! Ugh
That's certainly the drawback of aluminum hoods in our area.
I was once stuck in traffic in a nasty hail storm alongside a coworker (people stopped under the overpass and completely blocked traffic forcing everyone to sit in the storm rather than have a chance to drive out of it). He was in his F150 and me in a Tundra. His truck got jacked up. Mine didn't have a single dent.
Steel FTW.
We lucked out in Ft. Collins...finally. I've lost two vehicles to hail. Both company cars, though! That's why I bought the truck I did, it just fits in the garage.
We did hear the storm last night, however, and constant flashes. did have a few close hits. It went on for hours.
SolisDelendaEst
05-10-2023, 10:35
I think we dodged it in Timnath too. But I also might have slept through the worst of it and woke up after any hail melted, so I don't know.
My truck looks like hell in the dark. We had a good 45 minutes of hail. The first wave was the big thumpers on the roof. Then constant marble to 1?.
Damnit.
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Yep, we are in the same neighborhood and found some of those in my front yard this morning. Both our cars are in the garage, but my neighbor his Jeep and his daughter's BRAND NEW ford (transit sticker still) were in the driveway and the hoods went through a war zone............. His daughter was actually crying this morning he said.
It hailed hard here for 45 minutes and we got an inch and a half of hail on the ground, all under one inch diameter. This morning it was fused together in a sheet of ice everywhere. We've never gotten hail stones large enough to cause auto damage, but it can sure chew up the emerging vegetation.
After the storm last night, a large boar bear came through the yard at 10:33 pm, and again at 3:15 am this morning. Caught on two trail cams. The electric fence was energized and the bear didn't get closer than 25 ft. from the house, but a raccoon did get through. The raccoon looks as big as a cub bear.
buffalobo
05-10-2023, 19:29
Couldn't believe it this morning, damage was minor, couldn't have been more lucky, probably only one auto claim for body damage and one for a windshield.
Only marble sized hail for couple minutes today, nearby tornado was small and no damage for us.
longrange2
05-10-2023, 20:09
We got hit today, we have damage in Franktown area, screens torn, siding damaged, and pieces of shingle in the yard. Trees and shrubs took a beating. I was in southlands area when it hit, all small hail there but several inches in the streets, glad I had 4WD.
As far as I know, we only got rain here in Parker, mostly light rain. Was pretty nasty about 3-3:30 when the storm hit, but calmed down quickly. No hail at all that I know of.
From Tuesday night. Got lucky and not really large hail and last night just rain.
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You can't link to your Google drive unless you want to hand out usernames and passwords to everyone.
O2
and speaking of rain, I dumped out 2.6" this morning and I suspect at the rate it's coming today and predicted for all night, I'll dump that much out plus some.
Wake me when we get back from Seattle.
Not that I'm complaining because lord knows we need the moisture, but I've never seen it rain this much this long ever in Colo.
GeorgeandSugar
05-11-2023, 13:56
Rain in retention ponds and especially the one in the distance. It was empty the other day. More rain than I have seen in a few years.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230511/24a3b9ac636ac024d71d74a464b80e2d.jpg
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and speaking of rain, I dumped out 2.6" this morning and I suspect at the rate it's coming today and predicted for all night, I'll dump that much out plus some.
Wake me when we get back from Seattle.
Not that I'm complaining because lord knows we need the moisture, but I've never seen it rain this much this long ever in Colo.
The rain and floods in Longmont in 2016? It wiped out the sewage treatment plants in Evans co.
You can't link to your Google drive unless you want to hand out usernames and passwords to everyone.
O2
Thanks for the info. I thought I was sharing the link not my drive.
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Great-Kazoo
05-11-2023, 16:39
Rain in retention ponds and especially the one in the distance. It was empty the other day. More rain than I have seen in a few years.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230511/24a3b9ac636ac024d71d74a464b80e2d.jpg
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Looks like what we had down here, this winter. Monsoon season's not too far off.
longrange2
05-11-2023, 21:17
We hit 4? of rain near Castle Rock since it started, not counting whatever we got from the hail. Can?t remember the last time we got this much rain.
hollohas
05-11-2023, 21:22
Started raining at my place around 3:30p yesterday. We just hit 4".
My sump has been bone dry for ten years. I wasn't convinced that it would even work. I went down to check it and found water covering it. Uh oh.
I went to get a mallet, because nothing fixes things better than a good 'ol smack from a hammer. As I walked back up to the sump and reached to grab the pump to dish out some punishment, it switched on. Thank goodness.
Our 16 year old, long dry sump pump is running every 5 minutes now.
Our neighborhood park, that also serves as a retention pound, is just about full. It's a full on lake. Never seen more than a puddle in it. It's 3 or 4ft deep now and doing its job. Whatever civil engineer that designed the drainage in our neighborhood deserves a beer. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230512/71c60971c8c9db47395c54f3ac0ebf9f.jpg
I would love to see my old driveway today.
Lots of fields shedding water. I had it under control when I was there, but the current owners removed the wheat field.
As like many of you I can't remember it raining this long in the 39 years I've lived here. The lawn's gonna be a bitch to mow when it stops! Not a bad problem to have. Stay dry everyone.
Our sump pump's been coming on every 2 minutes like a maniac for a couple of days now. The rubber coupler from the pipe at the house to the pipe across the yard cracked from age and was geysering water right next to the foundation, which then just ran back down to the French drain and sump. Patched that with some Flex Seal tape (nasty shit), stopped the leaking but the pump's still trying to keep up.
Don't feel so bad now about not having the sprinklers turned on yet.....glad I didn't put any fertilizer down yet, grass is gonna grow like crazy now.
hollohas
05-12-2023, 06:28
We're up to 5.6" now. I think Denver averages 15" total precipitation a year. We got a 1/3rd of that in less than 48 hours.
4 5/8" at 10:00 am yesterday. 3 1/4" as of 6:00 am this morning. Just under 8" for the two days. I am in NW Colo Springs. Drainage is very good here, don't have to look for a boat.
I dumped 4.3" yesterday when I got home from work and just dumped the rain gauge again with another 4.5" putting this storm total at 11.4" here at the house. Just crazy.
I work at the Pinery Water treatment Plant and from all the inflow primarily from manhole lids, we set new records of water treated. Was a real test of the capacity ability of the plant. Glad i wasn't the one on call last night.
buffalobo
05-12-2023, 06:57
I would love to see my old driveway today.
Lots of fields shedding water. I had it under control when I was there, but the current owners removed the wheat field.Its a lake. Drove passed it last nite.
Everything in area is a lake. Hwy 79 is closed at Irondale Rd due to flooding and washout at curve going into Bennett.
If you're unarmed, you are a victim.
hollohas
05-12-2023, 07:30
Here's a crazy visual. It rained at my house at a rate of 5.34" per hour last night, for almost 20 mins. I was asleep, but that's dumping. Not sure I've ever seen rain like that. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230512/67eda25ea51ac0f0320f20e26175387d.jpg
eddiememphis
05-12-2023, 07:55
I went to Lowe's and bought some lumber. I am building an ark.
How big is a cubit?
Grant H.
05-12-2023, 07:59
I went to Lowe's and bought some lumber. I am building an ark.
How big is a cubit?
No bending required for the bow!
eddiememphis
05-12-2023, 08:02
Someone snuck in and installed a water feature in my spare room.
It could be worse. I just have a roof leak. Several of the garden level condos are flooded.
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longrange2
05-12-2023, 09:19
We are up to 5.6 inches this morning, looks like it could rain off and on all weekend. At least the sun seems to be trying to make an appearance now.
hollohas
05-12-2023, 09:58
looks like it could rain off and on all weekend. At least the sun seems to be trying to make an appearance now.
I'm going to Monster Jam with the kids tomorrow. That could get interesting if it keeps raining.
Gonna have a bunch of fat little birdies with all the worms up on top of the surface.
SolisDelendaEst
05-12-2023, 10:35
We are up to 5.6 inches this morning, looks like it could rain off and on all weekend. At least the sun seems to be trying to make an appearance now.
Yesterday my 10 day forecast had rain for 9/10 days. Only exception was tomorrow (Saturday).
Gonna have a bunch of fat little birdies with all the worms up on top of the surface.
Fat Skeeters too!
Well...I have hail damage to my new Ford Bronco from the other night.
Started raining at my place around 3:30p yesterday. We just hit 4".
My sump has been bone dry for ten years. I wasn't convinced that it would even work. I went down to check it and found water covering it. Uh oh.
I went to get a mallet, because nothing fixes things better than a good 'ol smack from a hammer. As I walked back up to the sump and reached to grab the pump to dish out some punishment, it switched on. Thank goodness.
Our 16 year old, long dry sump pump is running every 5 minutes now.
Our neighborhood park, that also serves as a retention pound, is just about full. It's a full on lake. Never seen more than a puddle in it. It's 3 or 4ft deep now and doing its job. Whatever civil engineer that designed the drainage in our neighborhood deserves a beer. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20230512/71c60971c8c9db47395c54f3ac0ebf9f.jpg
We don't even have a sump pump here. Never ever had a drop of moisture in the basement.
That said, your story should have compelled me to at least check our (unfinished) basement. I hadn't been down there since before the rain started.
Fortunately, most everything is up on shelving. Anything that was on the floor is wet. Very wet. One pair of vintage speakers that were on a large piece of carpet, some rugs, a large piece of carpet and some vintage stereo and speaker boxes (sad face). I have one quite rare Yamaha 3020 receiver that I had the original inner, outer, and shipping box for. All wet. F*K
It could have been worse. I have 20+ pairs of vintage JBL's down there. Water wicked up around the perimeter wall on 2 sides and a bit through some minor floor cracks.
I've got a box fan and space heater going and put the HVAC fan on full.
It must have all come the last 2 days here because the wife went down to wash clothes Wed night and didn't notice anything. The rug in front of the W/D was really soaked.
We don't even have a sump pump here. Never ever had a drop of moisture in the basement.
That said, your story should have compelled me to at least check our (unfinished) basement. I hadn't been down there since before the rain started.
Fortunately, most everything is up on shelving. Anything that was on the floor is wet. Very wet. One pair of vintage speakers that were on a large piece of carpet, some rugs, a large piece of carpet and some vintage stereo and speaker boxes (sad face). I have one quite rare Yamaha 3020 receiver that I had the original inner, outer, and shipping box for. All wet. F*K
It could have been worse. I have 20+ pairs of vintage JBL's down there. Water wicked up around the perimeter wall on 2 sides and a bit through some minor floor cracks.
I've got a box fan and space heater going and put the HVAC fan on full.
It must have all come the last 2 days here because the wife went down to wash clothes Wed night and didn't notice anything. The rug in front of the W/D was really soaked.
Sorry to hear this, basement floods are the worst. I couldn't tell you how many times my parents basement flooded. The walls were cinder blocks, not concrete, I bet that place is cesspit of mold these days.
I thought I was ok but yesterday I discovered a serious leak through the floor of my basement. Thankfully it's unfinished and what I lost was limited a crappy carpet remnant I used to cover the concrete floor and some boxes of unimportant crap I was going to toss anyway. The water stopped just short of all the crap my sister stores at my place because she bought a condo without any extra storage space LOL. I feel the carpet absorbed the majority of the water. Got the crack dried and sealed, didn't even know it was there.
For those of you that had severe damage I'm really sorry and hope you get everything squared away.
BPTactical
05-14-2023, 18:16
I thought I was ok but yesterday I discovered a serious leak through the floor of my basement. Thankfully it's unfinished and what I lost was limited a crappy carpet remnant I used to cover the concrete floor and some boxes of unimportant crap I was going to toss anyway. The water stopped just short of all the crap my sister stores at my place because she bought a condo without any extra storage space LOL. I feel the carpet absorbed the majority of the water. Got the crack dried and sealed, didn't even know it was there.
For those of you that had severe damage I'm really sorry and hope you get everything squared away.
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eddiememphis
05-15-2023, 11:53
I do mold inspection and testing if anyone has any concerns.
I am happy to give advice in what to look for and remediation steps.
I do mold inspection and testing if anyone has any concerns.
I am happy to give advice in what to look for and remediation steps.
I was concerned we had a (white) mold issue until I researched a little and determined it's just crystalline efflorescence.
There's maybe a couple little tiny spots developing what may be black mold, but I'll hit it with some bleach water and a brush and knock it down.
Everything is mostly dried up now, I just need to pull up the carpet remnant. Good excuse to get rid of the ugly 80's dark green mid-pile thing anyway. The only downside is I installed 3 telco racks full of stereo gear on top of it. Since it's coming out in pieces anyway, no big deal really.
theGinsue
05-15-2023, 17:05
Looking at the weather page of the local CBS affiliate (kktv.com), it show "Showers" for one day and "Thunderstorms" for every other day for the next 10 days.
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