When I read stuff like this, my imagination wanders and I get these fantastic ideas about what it might be like if all of the ice over Antarctica melted away and we could colonize it. Maybe the amount of land gained from Antarctica getting freed up would outweigh the amount of land lost in coastal areas from rising sea levels? Imagine it, a land grab on par with the greatest days of the Age of Empire!
That depends entirely on the prevailing winds and the temperature conditions at which the ice crystals form; hail often can and sometimes does achieve some rather unusual shapes. Some years ago an area in Texas, for example, suffered enormous damage from cylinder hail. More or less like a rain of bullets, I expect.
The headline is a riff on an old George Carlin gag: "Why are hailstones always the size of sports equipment, while tumors are always the size of fruit?"
When I read stuff like this, my imagination wanders and I get these fantastic ideas about what it might be like if all of the ice over Antarctica melted away and we could colonize it. Maybe the amount of land gained from Antarctica getting freed up would outweigh the amount of land lost in coastal areas from rising sea levels? Imagine it, a land grab on par with the greatest days of the Age of Empire!
Aren't eggs approximately the size of golfballs?
Did you ever look at a piece of hail? It's round. Did you ever look at an egg? It is not round. Ergo, no one says "egg-sized hail."
Admit it, you just wanted people to find the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5QjvTDulFg
further down the page.
I don't see an easy way to embed the video in my post.
Did you ever look at a piece of hail? It's round.
That depends entirely on the prevailing winds and the temperature conditions at which the ice crystals form; hail often can and sometimes does achieve some rather unusual shapes. Some years ago an area in Texas, for example, suffered enormous damage from cylinder hail. More or less like a rain of bullets, I expect.
The headline is a riff on an old George Carlin gag: "Why are hailstones always the size of sports equipment, while tumors are always the size of fruit?"
Karl wins the toaster.