silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & PoliticsEnglish · 7 months agoThe hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new descriptionwapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkThe hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new descriptionwapo.stsilence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & PoliticsEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
Forecasters warned of “DVD-size hail” as stones larger than grapefruits bombarded an area near Lubbock.
minus-squarequindraco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoDVDs just aren’t bigger than grapefruits.
minus-squarehglmanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoEspecially in Texas, grapefruit is the largest citrus crop in the state and so very large grapefruit are regularly available. Also DVD are very thin and light which makes my immediate reaction that these are less dangerous hail somehow.
DVDs just aren’t bigger than grapefruits.
Especially in Texas, grapefruit is the largest citrus crop in the state and so very large grapefruit are regularly available. Also DVD are very thin and light which makes my immediate reaction that these are less dangerous hail somehow.