Hail Columbia

That was kind of scary. The hail was bigger than this--at least golf ball size, I think--but by the time it had subsided enough that I felt it wasn't suicidal to poke my head out the back door and take a picture, it had melted a little.

The teevee said it was worse closer to downtown. Some people's windows got smashed out; it certainly sounded like ours were going to be. Also, the storm knocked out the power at KXAN and most of Jim Spencer's weather equipment with it. He was sad.

Update: I found a pile of hailstones that had kept each other frozen about a half an hour later. So it was at least foosball size, probably a little bigger.

Also, the hail killed a bird in the driveway.