so what happend?
First of all it was the warmest day this year so far, up to 34°C in some parts of Swizzy land. I had a great day and spent the evening at my brothers wifes b-day party, which was out in the garden with some bbq and beers and lot's of old friends.
When i went home around 11ish i was actually wondering, because i could ride my Vespa with shorts and t-shirt without feeling cold... well guys this is Switzerland not Asia ;-)
It started with a loud BANG, at around 1.30AM on the 13.Juli 2011, i was watching a movie in bed, ready to fall asleep when i heard this loud bang and my venetian blinds started to shake loud. So i thought the big bang usually comes from one of the big pots falling to the ground tilted by the wind.
So i went up and walked towards the living room. Here in the living room we have a big 3x4m glass roof and just as i arrived the hammering started out loud (that's the sound you hear on the video). I saw the whole terrace getting covered in white ice crystals, looked a bit like winter. But the hail was not as small as usual it was up to gold ball size, so better not go outside and try to put that fallen pot back up.So what should i do... takin video and pics was all i could do, and after max. 5min the storm was over.
I went outside and so did all the neighbors, everyone was up and looking at some pretty bad damage.
As u can see on the pics, everything that was on the stormy side of the terrace house and build with metal was covered with hail impacts. We will have to replace most of our venetian blinds, the whole roof cover and chimney. I guess most of the plants will actually recover from the big loss of leaves, it just takes time and doesn't look real nice at the moment.Our grass in the back yard looks like a football field after a match. i measured craters up to 3cm!! in the grass.
Now, 3 days after, some streets are still green and we can see construction workers all around town fixing roofs, blinds and broken windows. A car seller nearby has around 200cars outside the building... i would say he can call it an inferno. All cars completely damaged.
And the moral of the whole story??
