Show Giant Hailstones We all know the man who talks about hailstones as big as your fist but at Potter Texas there fell a hailstone that measured 17 inches in circumference Even this is by no means a record for forthe forthe the biggest measured hailstone was 9 by 5 54 by 4 44 inches in hes Some yarns about hailstones take a lot of swallowing but in Africa and India there are exceptionally exceptionally exceptionally heavy falls In 1936 the Transvaal was hit by a hailstorm and in half an hour the country country- countryside countryside countryside side was three feet deep in hail Cows and men surprised in the open had their skulls shattered sh and thousands of acres of crops were destroyed i I. I |