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Old 08-03-2009, 04:14 PM
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I have never seen rain and hail like last night at 2 AM. I lasted about 20 min. the first shot is was hand held ( could not find my tripod in the dark) and my wife was not trilled that I had the door open.storm (5 of 16)storm (9 of 16)
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I totally agree... that was one major storm. Woke the whole family up when it started and we still have patches of hail in the yard.
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Old 08-03-2009, 04:37 PM
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Looks like you had it bad there Paul..Haha I like the first one. Just trying to get a shot any way possible. Nice one buddy. Glad you got the second one though.

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Thats pretty bad...i cant say that im looking forward to winter .
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Old 08-03-2009, 05:07 PM
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Hahaha....the first thing to think about is getting a shot off...Like the quote in my signature says....
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Old 08-03-2009, 05:13 PM
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I totally agree... that was one major storm. Woke the whole family up when it started and we still have patches of hail in the yard.
We had the granddaughter over last night, she slept thru the the whole thing.. Man that was nasty

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Looks like you had it bad there Paul..Haha I like the first one. Just trying to get a shot any way possible. Nice one buddy. Glad you got the second one though.

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Thanks Dave. I'm happy to be around to get the second shot. LOL.

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Thats pretty bad...i cant say that im looking forward to winter .
O no did you say winter.

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Hahaha....the first thing to think about is getting a shot off...Like the quote in my signature says....
LOL. how true.
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Old 08-03-2009, 05:39 PM
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WOW! Glad you're all still here!! Great shot..............hoping you get a 'warm winter'!!
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Old 08-03-2009, 05:41 PM
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WOW! Glad you're all still here!! Great shot..............hoping you get a 'warm winter'!!
Well thank you,, I would love a warmer winter this year. I think cold is over rated.
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That's a lot of hail. Must have been one heck of a storm
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That's a lot of hail. Must have been one heck of a storm
I have never seen it come down like the before. I'm glad was at home and not driving in that las night.
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