Corona del Mar - Hailstorm - CLICK FOR VIDEO
The second hailstorm on April 8th, 2011 at 9PM was a violent one indeed. Although the size of the hail pellets were only the size peas. The amount of hail was quite numerous. The ground crunched under my boots as I walked on the sidewalk. And when I finally got to the park, the grass looked like it was covered in snow, but it was actually just hail. It was very strange.
It is odd that we are getting this much hail. What is even stranger is how there has been such intense weather reported all over the world these past few months. Earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan…and now hail in Newport Beach? When the lightning struck I was impressed, I actually saw the reflection of the lightning on the shimmeringly wet sidewalk. But the thunder that came a few seconds later made me say, “WOOOOO!” and I started laughing a lot! My dog, Harvest who was also reporting live, wanted to go home when the thunder came. But I told her that we had a mission to accomplish and that we had to get to the bottom of this!
Here’s a video so you can see exactly how much hail was on the front porch area.