Hail completely wiped us out.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 8:48 pm
Last Tuesday a strong thunderstorm went through central KS. Coming from the northwest, it left a swath of absolute devistation more than 20 miles long, and destruction even further than that.
For us, more than 300 acres were completely wiped out. The grass looks like a mowed yard in December (without the snow) and 180 acres of feed that was better than five feet tall on Monday was reduced to a tilled field on Tuesday. You can't even see the stalks sticking out of the ground. Trees were stripped of their bark. Power lines went down.
While rounding up the bruised and bleeding cattle we noticed dozens of dead rabbits and didn't see a bird in the sky.
Once the windows broke out of the norh side of our neighbor's house, the wind was blowing so hard that the hail was breaking through the bedroom's south wall!! He said the grapefruit-sized hail sounded like someone was beating on the roof with a sledge hammer.
I'll post pics when I get home... It's like nothing we've ever seen. The old timers don't remember seeing anything like it.
For us, more than 300 acres were completely wiped out. The grass looks like a mowed yard in December (without the snow) and 180 acres of feed that was better than five feet tall on Monday was reduced to a tilled field on Tuesday. You can't even see the stalks sticking out of the ground. Trees were stripped of their bark. Power lines went down.
While rounding up the bruised and bleeding cattle we noticed dozens of dead rabbits and didn't see a bird in the sky.
Once the windows broke out of the norh side of our neighbor's house, the wind was blowing so hard that the hail was breaking through the bedroom's south wall!! He said the grapefruit-sized hail sounded like someone was beating on the roof with a sledge hammer.
I'll post pics when I get home... It's like nothing we've ever seen. The old timers don't remember seeing anything like it.