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08-01-2018, 04:48 PM
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Narrow Escape from Severe Hail Storm
Our family was headed home yesterday from a vacation in Sand Point Idaho, My wife, daughter and I with our 19' and my son and his girlfriend with the 15B. We were back in Alberta heading towards Longview from Pincher Creek when we encountered some really ominous clouds. They were so scary that we ended up pulling over into a rest area about 2 km before we would have encountered the weather and decided to wait it out. Turns out that was a very smart decision. When we continued on our way in about 45 min, it was only a couple km before we encountered heavy accumulations of hail on the roads and surrounding areas, up to about a foot thick in places. The road was closed for a bit until it became passable again and we continued on our way.
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"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-01-2018, 04:49 PM
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Aftermath
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-01-2018, 04:50 PM
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Before
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-01-2018, 04:52 PM
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Another before pic
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-01-2018, 04:54 PM
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What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?
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08-01-2018, 05:03 PM
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glad you are safe.....
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Sometime life gets in the way of living.......
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08-01-2018, 05:29 PM
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Wow! And I betcha it was hot in Sandpoint. It was when I was there a few weeks ago. What a shocker of a change in weather.
Glad everyone is okay and all that. Dang!
(As well as the lovely FJ)
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08-01-2018, 05:46 PM
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Member
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Location: Kingsport, Tennessee
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FJ Twin
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Originally Posted by Dave Walter
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Dave, At first glance I thought I was looking at our setup. We have same FJ colour scheme, however, we pull a 17B. So glad to hear you dodged that storm.
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08-01-2018, 05:56 PM
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I’ve only seen hail thick enough to plow with a snow plow once in Iowa and it was not nearly that deep. Your stopping to let the storm pass was a prudent decision and a lot of others could learn from your example.
Safe travels in the future
Iowa Dave
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08-01-2018, 05:58 PM
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Sunny funny Alberta...
Did you stop in Longview at the Little New York Bistro? The best food ever!
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08-01-2018, 07:38 PM
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I like your family caravan.
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08-01-2018, 08:20 PM
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Location: Edmonton, Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike Lewis
I like your family caravan.
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Still looking for a 13', 17', 21' and a 5.0 to fill out the collection.
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08-01-2018, 08:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marry
Sunny funny Alberta...
Did you stop in Longview at the Little New York Bistro? The best food ever!
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Yes you never know what to expect with Alberta weather.
The hailstorm kind of took the wind out of our sails. We had been planning on spending one last night at Chain Lakes before heading home but we decided to push on and head straight for home.
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"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-01-2018, 08:25 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Iowa Dave
I’ve only seen hail thick enough to plow with a snow plow once in Iowa and it was not nearly that deep. Your stopping to let the storm pass was a prudent decision and a lot of others could learn from your example.
Safe travels in the future
Iowa Dave
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Thanks Dave. I am usually the one who wants to push on but for some reason was quite happy to pull over and sit in my Escape while watching the cows run for cover. That was actually quite entertaining to see!
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2013 19' \ 2013 15B, 2020 Toyota 4Runner TRD Offroad
"It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it." - 1907, Maurice Switzer
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08-01-2018, 08:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Walter
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Sound like you escaped OZ!
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08-01-2018, 09:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Walter
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Ominous is an understatement! Glad you dodged it.
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08-01-2018, 09:24 PM
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Some wild weather in southern Alberta, eh?
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08-01-2018, 11:59 PM
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I know ominous all too well …. its when my alarm goes off and I have to get up and go to work …. Ominous indeed!
Glad you are all safe. Were any of the hail stones large enough to do damage?
Tom
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08-02-2018, 07:49 AM
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Narrow Escape, great trailer name
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08-08-2018, 10:55 AM
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Member
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Stopping was a hail of a decision. (could not resist)
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