Was CORN Field

Dutchman · Aug 14, 2009

This was a corn field that got hit by HAIL .. Golf Ball to Baseball size ...
It happen last Sunday in North part of Iowa ..

it was STRIPPED down to maybe 16 inches tall now ...

JUST unbelieveable ..

Mark

Dutchman · Aug 14, 2009

SORRY I forgot to say the picture was taking from a car going 70 mph ... on the interstate ...

hope you can get the picture ...

bean field was FLAT .. heres a picture of bean field ..

Mark

fixerupper · Aug 14, 2009

Hail is the dreaded demon every farmer has on the back of his mind all summer long. Even if he has insurance he still doesn't come out well financially if the hard water wipes out the crop.

Last sunday a large area south of me was pounded big time. Nearly every west facing window in one town is broken. I know of at least one church that suffered broken windows during the morning service. The people went to the center of the church but were still dodging hail stones bouncing off the pews. The story came to me from a neighbor who's cousin was in the church so I think it's probably true.

The farmers in that area won't need to get their combines ready for fall unless they had some other land out of the area, and they were looking at the prospect of the best crop ever. Jim

Howard H. · Aug 14, 2009

Here are some pics from near my brothers place near Manchester, IA (near Dubuque)... This storm hit a few weeks ago as the corn was tasseling...

The first pic is of soybeans, if you don't recognize them!

This is a week or so after it hit, so the corn has sort of "come back" a little...

It sure was a big area!!! It went for miles and miles...

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Heyseed · Aug 15, 2009

Al Gore did it.

Dutchman · Aug 15, 2009

Howard,
THANKS for posting... I didn't think I should stop beside the busy I80..
It was an eye opener for me ... I seen it on TV but seening it ... WOW

Mark

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