It was an interesting evening, it’s amazing how stupid and weird people can be sometimes. The weather was threatening and I was stuck at school for the annual physical night. We didn’t get to far into getting physicals done and the tornado sirens go off. I herd people to the main part of the building. The custodians told us it was the safest part of the building. Kevin headed out to the softball and baseball diamonds to chase people into the building. Some came in some got in their cars and headed out.
We reassured them this was the safest place in Xenia during a tornado. People kept milling around instead of staying in the classrooms. ONe guy even took his family out of the building almost right before the big hail storm hit. When the hail hit it was unbelievable. I was in Kent Anderson’s classroom which is on the first floor, with classrooms above, and to the inside. The hail sounded like I was sitting in a flat roofed one story structure. Man it was loud. everyone survived just fine, the vehicles, not so much. One lady had a sunroof that was broken and ended up with a car full of hail. Becca our trainer had a brand new car, 5 days off the lot, windshield destroyed and bunches of pock marks.
My truck took two spider webs to the upper passenger windshield and 30 to 40 dings from the hail. My friend, Greg Paxson, guessed there was at least $4500 damage. Now I just have to figure out if I am going to get everything fixed or just the windshield.
The hail was reported to be as large as softballs. I didn’t see any that large, but I did see golfball sized hail. Kevin saw a golfball sized piece two hours after the storm. Who knows how large that was when it came down.