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Weather

Kachina624 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 01:57:53 GMT

Since weather is about as exciting as it gets on this board, I'll introduce this photo snapped about 2:30pm today here in the desert of Albuquerque on one of our main thoroughfares, NM Highway 528. We did finally get a downpour along with this hail.

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Desertdi — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:05:54 GMT

@Kachina624 Oh "hail".......that is SOMETHING ELSE.......from one extreme to another....... di

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Kachina624 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:14:12 GMT

@Desertdi It was pretty amazing while it lasted. I dashed out front about 4 ft to rescue a new pot of geraniums and got my hair soaked and embedded with ice in the 2 seconds it took.

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just bee — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:21:57 GMT

@Kachina624

Fabulous photo!

It really looked like a snowstorm in our area. And I really wish I'd run out to save my container plants before all hail broke loose.

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Desertdi — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 02:25:46 GMT

@Kachina624 Wow........thank heaven you were at home......and not on the road. Those hailstones are dangerous! di

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rockygems123 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 06:24:16 GMT

@Kachina624

Moisture finally for your area! And you're right about the relative excitability lol.

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Lilysmom1 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:25:10 GMT

@Kachina624 those sudden storms can do a lot of damage. We had a hailstorm about two weeks ago in Nova Scotia in the town I grew up. Major damage especially to garden centers who were hardening off seedlings outside. They lost all the seedlings and had major damage to other shrubs. It will be a tough year after that. This is a nursery I visit every time I go home.

Here are a couple of shots...

I am glad you were home when it happened. S

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Desertdi — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 08:45:33 GMT

Oh no...I just thought about farm crops. That could present a huge disaster...

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Lilysmom1 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:07:29 GMT

@Desertdi , for sure. Not a good day for the farmers. S

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77yangya — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:28:21 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
Oh no...I just thought about farm crops. That could present a huge disaster...

yeah, and that could mean no great summer tomatoes, corn and even yellow potatoes are hard to get. Since those lovely peaches we get come from California maybe they'll be okay but it had been years since I had so many great ones. Last year was the first year we did in a couple of decades.

"hurting people hurt others"

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Desertdi — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 09:38:40 GMT

@77yangya wrote:
@Desertdi wrote:
Oh no...I just thought about farm crops. That could present a huge disaster...
yeah, and that could mean no great summer tomatoes, corn and even yellow potatoes are hard to get. Since those lovely peaches we get come from California maybe they'll be okay but it had been years since I had so many great ones. Last year was the first year we did in a couple of decades.

"hurting people hurt others"

@77yangya And THIS year, CA is in an "exceptional" drought....

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Katcat1 — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:28:10 GMT

@Kachina624 I thought it was snow. OMG! We are having beautiful weather low/mid 70's and slightly going up. Can't complain. That seems to be strange weather for your area. I hope you were able to enjoy the holiday.

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tototwo — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 10:30:16 GMT

Yikes! Your pic looks more like Kansas than NM!

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Spurt — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:29:04 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
Oh no...I just thought about farm crops. That could present a huge disaster...

@Desertdi @77yangya @Lilysmom1

They interviewed some farmers here....and they said crops here in Texas would recover from the winter artic storm, and even all the rain we've had recently, the most damaging weather maker was HAIL....they said one area farm lost all their corn crop.....😥

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Spurt — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:31:08 GMT

@Kachina624

WOW thats some HAIL STORM!!! 😮

We got rid of our hailstorms but continue to get rain and more rain....🌧🌨💧☔

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just bee — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 14:32:14 GMT

AAARGH!

I went out this morning to survey the damage and my plants are shredded.

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ECBG — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:17:26 GMT

Oh my goodness!!!!!