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The hail in Texas was so big Tuesday that it required a new description (wapo.st)

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Forecasters warned of “DVD-size hail” as stones larger than grapefruits bombarded an area near Lubbock.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“DVD-sized” for fucks sake is this serious?

And then they say “larger than grapefruit”. Ok so it’s “large grapefruit” sized? Which is about the size of a DVD? Jesus fuck.

Why is everyone dumb :(

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

DVDs just aren't bigger than grapefruits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Especially in Texas, grapefruit is the largest citrus crop in the state and so very large grapefruit are regularly available. Also DVD are very thin and light which makes my immediate reaction that these are less dangerous hail somehow.