5 weeks and 1 day ago in France, south east of Dole we were staying at a gite when massive hailstones the size of golf balls struck the area.
The gite poolcover was very badly perforated, the gite owner later told us that the replacement cost would be ~€4000. He also told us he was a passenger in a car (Audi) in the storm and the windscreen was smashed, true, we saw the photo!
In the village there were several houses with smashed Velux windows and smashed roof tiles. We also saw cars with pock marked roofs from the hail, luckily ours were in a barn.
Last time I saw hail like this was in the Portsmouth area ~25 years ago, size ~1 inch diameter, it made holes in the plastic roof of a lean to at our holiday let. I'm told that in Tibet the hailstone size can reach cricket ball diameters, hard hat required for sure!
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Donner und blitzen 
Donner und blitzen 