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New York: ‘Horrifying’ Spiked Hail the Size of Baseballs Shatters Windows, Rattles Nerves In Queens Neighborhoods

08/02/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The weather on Monday afternoon was unlike anything seen so far during this summer of severe weather.

Parts of the Tri-State area were pounded from the sky — with wind, lightning and ice.

Residents in Little Neck, Queens picked up the hail and put them in their freezers just to have evidence.

‘I’ve never seen anything, it was horrifying,’ Gail Kolidas told CBS 2′s Lou Young.

As intense as the damage was, it was also concentrated along the Queens-Nassau line.

The hail stones shattered car windows, punctured plastic lawn furniture and vinyl siding. It also did a good job of rattling nerves.

‘Unbelievable,’ remarked Sherly Mesten.

Hours after the storm ended, the hail was still melting where it pooled down into the lawn.

‘It looks like eggs,’ said Young Kim, ‘I see this, this is ice. Unbelievable.'” Read more.

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