Hail Storms

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westksbowhunter

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We had terrible hail last night in the NW corner and down through the Hays area. You can check in out in the McCook Gazette and Hays daily news. Crops destroyed. Wal-Mart at McCook closed down as part of the roof caved in. Reports of tennis ball size hail in Decatur and Norton counties. Some reports of baseball size. We have had lots of rain this year up here but this will hurt us bad.
 
Must have been a very bad storm. This not a good thing for the farmers or the Pheasants. Mccook paper and Hays paper state hail up to 4.5 inches.:eek:
 
We had 5 storms total last nite all around an hour or so apart. They just kept coming. Looks like more of the same today and tonite.
 
I know this is off topic but it relates to the original posters thoughts...

Anyways, I work for an insurance company and will be traveling to McCook, NE from Wichita tomorrow to help handle some of their auto claims.

Does anyone have a recommendation on a place to stay there? This is probably the wrong forum and I'll put up a post on the Nebraska place, but it looks like theres not much to choose from. I know sometimes theres a small mom/pop place or a bed/breakfast type place to stay in an old building thats been converted etc. Ive found a few such gems while pheasant hunting in KS.

Well if anyone knows Id appreciate a heads up. Im sure our travel dept will try and arrange for me to stay at a Days inn or something, but a mom/pop place will probably be cheaper and maybe have a kitchen or fridge. I'll probably be there a week or two, possibly 3.

Hope everyone gets rain without the hail.
 
Bed and Breakfast here in Oberlin, called the Landmark Inn. By the way, we are supposed to get severve hail storms tomorrow again.
 
That is a bad deal for the communities. Hail that size destroys most everything.

Man, the state just can't buy a break as far as pheasants are concerned. Drought in the SW, and Hail in the North.
 
Tasco, Studley, Morland, Penokee

Any hail around the above towns? Thanks.
 
Checked out the hail damage at McCook yesterday. The golf course looked like a plowed field, completely brown. Trees had the bark ripped off. And every house on the golf course had plywood in the windows. Siding tore off the houses and it even chipped away asphalt in the street. I saw a lot of cars with the windshields completely destroyed.
 
Ive been here since Thursday night working for my company. Ive looked at about 40 cars (I dont take care of property claims just autos) and most have looked like someone took a shotgun full of golf balls and fired a whole case of shells at them.

My hotel is right across from strip center where subway etc is and the golf course is behind that. Like WKBH said - no leaves on the trees....Ive never seen that in my life. At the wal mart across the street all the pine/cedar trees had almost every needle shredded off the tree, all the branches are completely bare.


I dont mind it so much here, been making good money in overtime pay and the people are nice and very easy to deal with. Helps they have a good agent as well, he visits with them while im looking at their car. He realizes the importance of good relationships.

His name is Scott Jeffers. I guess his daughter was Miss Nebraska 2010 and is on TV in Lincoln for one of the news stations. Ive never given a ringing endorsement, but I would for him if you live in KS or Nebraska near McCook.

Loving the weather.
 
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Was the hail damage spread across a large part of NW Kansas or was is pretty localized around the McCook area?
 
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It killed every pheasant in NW KS. None left. ;)


Honestly Im not sure, I think it was pretty sporadic, but where the storm let lose, holy crap. Bad news. They've given me claims from all over the area. Some I'll have to drive an hour away for.
 
and there are coveys of quail arround- your dog can find them here- coveys meaning male/female and 14 young chicks
 
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