Crazy weather!

[davester]

A couple of hours ago it was sunny and warm. Now it's hailing like crazy. Perhaps this is normal in some areas but not around here. What's next?

[SteveO]

Cats and dogs.

[cbelt3]

Hey- The other day in Australia, it rained FISH !



Nice Fisheses !

[davester]

Hmmm. Interesting stuff in that fish link...

A history of amazing 'rainfall'

There is a long history of strange objects raining from the sky, with these strange occurrences among the most notable:

1st Century: Pliny The Elder wrote about storms of frogs and fish, foreshadowing many modern incidents.

1794: French soldiers stationed in Lalain, near Lille, reported toads falling from the sky during heavy rain.

1857: Sugar crystals as big as quarter of an inch in diameter fell over the course of two days in Lake County, California.

golf balls

1876: A woman in Kentucky reported meat flakes raining from the sky. Tests found the meat was venison.

1902: Dust whipped up in Illinois caused muddy rain to fall over many north-eastern U.S. states.

1940: A tornado in Russia brought a shower of coins from the 16th Century.

1969: Golf balls fell from the sky on Punta Gorda in Florida (above).

1976: In San Luis Opisbo in California, blackbirds and pigeons rained from the sky for two days.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnew...z0h9gT0AIn

[ztirffritz]

When I lived in Erie a water spout over the lake picked up some fish and dropped them over the city somewhere. That was a weird news report on TV.

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davester wrote:
What's next?

Famine and pestilence.