About 12:20am last night, a huge storm blew through Austin, with gold-ball sized hail lasting what seemed like a long time, but was probably only 5 or 10 minutes. As a neighbor noted, it sounded like we were "under artillery fire (or in a washing machine with metal golf balls)." My dear sweet husband ran and threw blankets and comforters over our cars to protect them from dents, while I stood outside on the porch watching in amazement as small branches came raining down all over the yard and street.  ...Continue reading >>