💬 OT So its raining right now.....

[Yaj Yak]

Anyone else get caught in the hail today? I was laughing as I watched everyone panic on I-80/94. A bunch of people parked in underpasses while I was literally hoping that my car would get totalled. No dice. It's completely fine.
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i saw the storm coming on the radar and turned the fuckin' afterburners on to get ahead of it.


even if you don't think it is damaged, i'd stop by a REALLY good body shop and have them look it over, i'd bet there are dents and if you're hoping it's totalled, likely an easy way out of it.

 

[v6buicks]

i saw the storm coming on the radar and turned the fuckin' afterburners on to get ahead of it.


even if you don't think it is damaged, i'd stop by a REALLY good body shop and have them look it over, i'd bet there are dents and if you're hoping it's totalled, likely an easy way out of it.

I'm gonna take a look at it myself once this friggen rain stops, but I'm not expecting anything. The hail was probably the loudest storm I've ever driven through, but like Lord Tin Foilhat said, it was soft enough to mostly splatter as soon as it hit rather than bounce. If it wasn't cushioned the car would have looked like a golf ball.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I'm gonna take a look at it myself once this friggen rain stops, but I'm not expecting anything. The hail was probably the loudest storm I've ever driven through, but like Lord Tin Foilhat said, it was soft enough to mostly splatter as soon as it hit rather than bounce. If it wasn't cushioned the car would have looked like a golf ball.

a body shop will find shit you won't

 

[Yaj Yak]

youd be amazed how small of hail can actually cause damage.

 

[v6buicks]

a body shop will find shit you won't

That check does sound nice.

Maybe I'm too honest, but I've never filed a claim of any sort. I suppose I would have to call my insurance first?

 

[Yaj Yak]

That check does sound nice.

Maybe I'm too honest, but I've never filed a claim of any sort. I suppose I would have to call my insurance first?

you don't have to

id just go to a body shop and be like look i drove through some gnarly hail can you inspect my shit

if they see stuff, file a claim then.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

It takes some surprisingly small hail to fuck up cars these days. Guess the metal is thinner or just made from lighter material.

On the flip side the scariest hail I’ve ever gotten caught in was in Colorado and was Baseball sized. That was terrifying.

 

[Yaj Yak]

It takes some surprisingly small hail to fuck up cars these days. Guess the metal is thinner or just made from lighter material.

On the flip side the scariest hail I’ve ever gotten caught in was in Colorado and was Baseball sized. That was terrifying.

my silver bmw got hailed on and i saw 3-4 dents at most i thought, got it to a good shop and with their lights they found a few hundred basically.

 

[v6buicks]

Jeez! Sound like it's worth the trip.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

my silver bmw got hailed on and i saw 3-4 dents at most i thought, got it to a good shop and with their lights they found a few hundred basically.

Same on my parents Honda. I could see a few dings on the hood.. the Body shop found 30 more on the hood alone that once they pointed it out was obvious under their lighting.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Anyone else get caught in the hail today? I was laughing as I watched everyone panic on I-80/94. A bunch of people parked in underpasses while I was literally hoping that my car would get totalled. No dice. It's completely fine.
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Lansing.

The fuck you doing up here

 

[v6buicks]

Lansing.

The fuck you doing up here

Just passing through. On my way home from Batavia.

 

[LikeABauce302]

Oh lawd, she comin'

 

[radioguy6]

they have been hyping this all week! Looks like 2 rounds of potential severe storms. Tornado watch until 10pm

 

[LikeABauce302]

The first round should be hitting the western burbs by 3:30. Hopefully it's less than what is being forecast.

How are the southwest regions holding up that got hit already? Looks like the worst of it is just leaving Peoria now.

Edit: Peoria was under tornado warning a few minutes ago

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Tornado area just gunna miss me but winds will still fuck stuff up. Generator being purchased STAT

 

[LikeABauce302]

Tornado area just gunna miss me but winds will still fuck stuff up. Generator being purchased STAT

I need a good generator. I've only been in my house since September, but we've lost power a couple times already when it's been windy.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

I need a good generator. I've only been in my house since September, but we've lost power a couple times already when it's been windy.

Shockingly, I haven’t lost power once in the 9 months we’ve been here. Had a couple surges but no outright power outages.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Already have the camera set up to capture it. Just trying to determine the duration between photos (i.e. 10, 20, 30 seconds, etc.)

 

[radioguy6]

radar looked nasty going over Peoria. Looks like its moving very fast.

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

Asshat across the street just went screaming out of here on his bike to go cruise the middle schools and high school to show off. Wouldn't be the first time a storm front was staring him in the face and he got caught in it, just to take a joyride and annoy people

 

[Blood on Blood]

Too quiet in Plainfield

 

[Gav'sPurpleZ]

Big thunder and rain starting in Pingree Grove.....

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Here she comes

 

[LikeABauce302]

The news just said the entire state is affected by the storms rolling in. Up to tennis ball sized hail in some places.