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A hail storm in South Dakota smashed windshields and left craters in the ground.
CNN’s Jacqui Jeras reports…
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JohnGaul on 28/07/2010 9:18am
They call those things “Gorrillas”. Actually a whole lot of hailstones cemented into one huge icy lump. Being very jaggetty, they can be very dangerous.
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Allen Pidwell on 28/07/2010 4:50am
Looks to me as if this is another CNN blunder after they sacked their science divison. The hailstone is 8 inches in diameter and 19 inches in circumference. Yesterday CNN stated an Indian Provence had received 704 mm of rain equating to 12 inches -not the 28 inches it really was.
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David - New Brighton on 28/07/2010 4:47am
Ummm…..does she know the difference between diameter, radius and circumference? Just wondering…..
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