Comments on: Largest hail stone in the US? http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 23:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848387 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848387 Don't know about you all, but that fist pic is way cooler than the hail stone! Don’t know about you all, but that fist pic is way cooler than the hail stone!

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848391 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848391 Hail-se Hail-se

]]> By: Joe The Wizard http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848410 Joe The Wizard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848410 Don't make me mad or I will punch a hole in your shed too, buddy. Don’t make me mad or I will punch a hole in your shed too, buddy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848422 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848422 >this is the country's largest hail stone Nuh-uh. One fell on a field in King County, WA last week that was 1/2" bigger diameter, but no one was around to find it and take a picture of 'damage' like the dent it caused. >this is the country’s largest hail stone
Nuh-uh. One fell on a field in King County, WA last week that was 1/2″ bigger diameter, but no one was around to find it and take a picture of ‘damage’ like the dent it caused.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-1035824 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1035824 exactly. Here is an experiment for everyone to demonstrate what cornellbox is talking about when it comes to speed. items: 2 large cardboard squares, 2 frames, contruction paper, 1 roll of tape, 1 Compound bow, 1 field tip (blunted) Take two pieces of cardboard 2ft by 2ft. They will simulate the plywood of the shed. Now securely tape construction paper to one side. This will simulate the shingles, Now afix each to a frame. Place one next to you and stand the other 30 yards away. 30 yards is hunting range for a compound bow. After release at 30 yards an arrow is traveling at about 130 mph, about what cornellbox thinks the hail velocity would have been. Use the arrow in hand an push it through the the first target. It probaby ripped the paper and bent the cardboard with uneven torn hole. Now use the same arrow with the bow and shoot the second target. Even with a blunted end you will have a perfect round hole and probably 3 slots from the fins. exactly.

Here is an experiment for everyone to demonstrate what cornellbox is talking about when it comes to speed.

items: 2 large cardboard squares, 2 frames, contruction paper, 1 roll of tape, 1 Compound bow, 1 field tip (blunted)

Take two pieces of cardboard 2ft by 2ft. They will simulate the plywood of the shed. Now securely tape construction paper to one side. This will simulate the shingles, Now afix each to a frame. Place one next to you and stand the other 30 yards away. 30 yards is hunting range for a compound bow. After release at 30 yards an arrow is traveling at about 130 mph, about what cornellbox thinks the hail velocity would have been.

Use the arrow in hand an push it through the the first target. It probaby ripped the paper and bent the cardboard with uneven torn hole. Now use the same arrow with the bow and shoot the second target. Even with a blunted end you will have a perfect round hole and probably 3 slots from the fins.

]]> By: kromekoran http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848437 kromekoran Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848437 roof fist is helping you masturbate? roof fist is helping you masturbate?

]]> By: asuffield http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848703 asuffield Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848703 Hailstone is bigger than hole; stock photo fail. When did boingboing start posting "world's largest <commonplace object>?" stories? It's a lump of ice. I've seen bigger ones in the back of freezers. "World's largest unicorn" would be worthy of posting; this one is just sad. Hailstone is bigger than hole; stock photo fail.

When did boingboing start posting “world’s largest ?” stories? It’s a lump of ice. I’ve seen bigger ones in the back of freezers. “World’s largest unicorn” would be worthy of posting; this one is just sad.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848450 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848450 Am I the only one who sees goatse? I think it's the ring that does it. I can't get that out of my head. Somehow that second picture is wrong wrong wrongity wrong. Am I the only one who sees goatse?

I think it’s the ring that does it. I can’t get that out of my head. Somehow that second picture is wrong wrong wrongity wrong.

]]> By: David Pescovitz http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848744 David Pescovitz Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848744 I don't know whether the roof damage was caused by that specific hailstone or not. I've clarified the post so as not to imply that. If you click through to the Weather Channel, you will see that they are screengrabs from a Weather Channel video. I dunno, but I'd think that the Weather Channel would be a pretty reliable source of information about, er, the weather. But as I'm sure most hailstones aren't measured, I decided to add the question mark to the headline whereas the Weather Channel declared it as fact. I don’t know whether the roof damage was caused by that specific hailstone or not. I’ve clarified the post so as not to imply that. If you click through to the Weather Channel, you will see that they are screengrabs from a Weather Channel video. I dunno, but I’d think that the Weather Channel would be a pretty reliable source of information about, er, the weather. But as I’m sure most hailstones aren’t measured, I decided to add the question mark to the headline whereas the Weather Channel declared it as fact.

]]> By: loonquawl http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848751 loonquawl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848751 ' "World's Largest" 2000' brought no clear hits, but the year 2001 featured at least one. From then on, every year had several. ‘ “World’s Largest” 2000′ brought no clear hits, but the year 2001 featured at least one. From then on, every year had several.

]]> By: loonquawl http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848753 loonquawl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848753 How about a new sign for: 'Other people shout it, i have no idea, and no way to acertain it, but without the histrionics it would look bland, so i'll go with it' I propose <°!!!>< World's Largest Hailstone <°!!!>< How about a new sign for: ‘Other people shout it, i have no idea, and no way to acertain it, but without the histrionics it would look bland, so i’ll go with it’

I propose < °!!!>< World's Largest Hailstone <°!!!><

]]> By: enolagray http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-850554 enolagray Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-850554 And David Letterman began his broadcast career as a weatherman who entertained the locals by predicting "hail the size of canned hams". We're getting there. And David Letterman began his broadcast career as a weatherman who entertained the locals by predicting “hail the size of canned hams”. We’re getting there.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-854407 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-854407 "The surrounding shingles are too clean and unbent." U got to remeber theys thing travel at high rates of speed some thing that size falling 30K ft or high must be doing between 100 and 200 miles per hour on impact “The surrounding shingles are too clean and unbent.”
U got to remeber theys thing travel at high rates of speed some thing that size falling 30K ft or high must be doing between 100 and 200 miles per hour on impact

]]> By: straponego http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848539 straponego Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848539 Thank you. These stories about "the largest hailstone/star/supernova/penis/planet/fish/turd/whatever" always annoy me a bit. Few of these things are observed or measured more than fraction of a percent of the time. But I try to keep these feelings in the pedantry, where they belong. Thank you. These stories about “the largest hailstone/star/supernova/penis/planet/fish/turd/whatever” always annoy me a bit. Few of these things are observed or measured more than fraction of a percent of the time. But I try to keep these feelings in the pedantry, where they belong.

]]> By: jungletek http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848545 jungletek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848545 Second picture is what the fist of an angry god might look like. Second picture is what the fist of an angry god might look like.

]]> By: grimatongueworm http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848803 grimatongueworm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848803 Rooftop goatse in 3..2..1 Rooftop goatse in 3..2..1

]]> By: InsertFingerHere http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848298 InsertFingerHere Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848298 2nd pic looks like a fist of victory , from the guy you keep locked in your shed. There must be a theoretical maximum these things can get, no? 2nd pic looks like a fist of victory , from the guy you keep locked in your shed.

There must be a theoretical maximum these things can get, no?

]]> By: loonquawl http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848813 loonquawl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848813 Fun fact: 'smaller than' signs and everything behind them are shot down by the forum software..., so that sign is out of the question... Next try: World's Largest Hailstone [!](?) Fun fact: ‘smaller than’ signs and everything behind them are shot down by the forum software…, so that sign is out of the question…
Next try:
World’s Largest Hailstone [!](?)

]]> By: GreatRewards http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848302 GreatRewards Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848302 "There must be a theoretical maximum these things can get, no?" Are you talking about sheds, or fists? “There must be a theoretical maximum these things can get, no?”

Are you talking about sheds, or fists?

]]> By: t3hmadhatter http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848820 t3hmadhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848820 Fake, you say? Okay, drop a huge chunk of ice from outside the breathable atmosphere directly onto a similarly shingled roof. Then we can call definite BS. Fake, you say? Okay, drop a huge chunk of ice from outside the breathable atmosphere directly onto a similarly shingled roof. Then we can call definite BS.

]]> By: Gutierrez http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848309 Gutierrez Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848309 <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U-Q07s4fjk&feature=related">"I think I built a shed last night..."</A> “I think I built a shed last night…”

]]> By: cornellbox http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848316 cornellbox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848316 The 'damage' picture looks completely artificial. The surrounding shingles are too clean and unbent. Something heavy punching a hole in a real roof deck, either plywood or OSB, would likely cause much more separation and tearing, rather than a regular round hole with cartoon edges. I'm an architect, not a roofer, but I can tell you that shingles don't tear like that. The ‘damage’ picture looks completely artificial. The surrounding shingles are too clean and unbent. Something heavy punching a hole in a real roof deck, either plywood or OSB, would likely cause much more separation and tearing, rather than a regular round hole with cartoon edges. I’m an architect, not a roofer, but I can tell you that shingles don’t tear like that.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848317 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848317 <blockquote>There must be a theoretical maximum these things can get, no? </blockquote> Does that comet from "Deep Impact" count?

There must be a theoretical maximum these things can get, no?

Does that comet from “Deep Impact” count?

]]> By: Prufrock451 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848325 Prufrock451 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848325 I for one welcome our new sky-ice masters. I for one welcome our new sky-ice masters.

]]> By: badc0ffee http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848329 badc0ffee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848329 Yeah, the picture on the right looks like someone cut a hole to install a new vent. The shingles are in good condition so they wouldn't break that way from a hail impact. Yeah, the picture on the right looks like someone cut a hole to install a new vent. The shingles are in good condition so they wouldn’t break that way from a hail impact.

]]> By: Halloween Jack http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848336 Halloween Jack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848336 "I still live, you ice-flinging sky bastards! Ha-ha!" “I still live, you ice-flinging sky bastards! Ha-ha!”

]]> By: Cowicide http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848593 Cowicide Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848593 More fun from the effects of global climate change.... Get used to it. More fun from the effects of global climate change….

Get used to it.

]]> By: MiG39 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848338 MiG39 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848338 I call bullshit. I call bullshit.

]]> By: MacMarty15221 http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848343 MacMarty15221 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848343 Uhh, having a short attention span today, are we? "leaving damage _LIKE_ that that seen in the image above right" Beware.. falling rocks of water! THAT is the story here. Uhh, having a short attention span today, are we?

“leaving damage _LIKE_ that that seen in the image above right”

Beware.. falling rocks of water! THAT is the story here.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/07/30/largest-hail-stone-i.html#comment-848344 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-848344 Oh god, that picture on the right made me think of goatse Oh god, that picture on the right made me think of goatse

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