Hey gents, hope all is well. Yesterday, we had wave after wave of severe storms. This is what 10 straight minutes of ping pong ball and larger sized hail did to my farm The first picture was taken a few minutes after the hail stopped. The rest of the pictures were taken 2 hours after the storm. My cameras showed the damage being done, it was crazy. Our orchard was stripped of fruit and leaves, and everything was literally flattened to the ground. Contractors are coming out today. This makes me sick.

My neighbor sent me a pic after the storm ended. This is around 3" of hail in the field across the road.


My cabbage were massive and beautiful the day before the storm.


My potatoes were blooming and looking good.


This is what was left of my garden. We already had planted 90 tomatoes, 60 peppers, 30 broccoli, 30 cucumbers, and more. The orchard in the background was loaded with apples and pears. Not anymore.


3" of rain not including the hail that melted.

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Dang! Never knew the extent of hail damage...sorry to see this Pintail.

Wow! Old Ma Nature can be cruel.
Lots of hard work gone in a flash.

Thats suck. A lot of hardwork wiped out.

My rain gauge never seen that much water in it. If it did have that much, I would know someone peed in it.

A terrible lose sorry to see that.

A little rough that ways my daughter in Festus Missouri had hand size hail , my cousin at Vergennes said he had 3 inches plus rain and my cousin in Ava had ground covered in quarters size hail . We got lucky 3/10 inch of rain and nothing else

And, the "city people" wonder why groceries cost so much and why the farmer needs subsidies.

Did you happen to notice chemtrails 3-4 days before?

Sorry . It hit here like that last june 11th. Corn stripped look like rice patty. EVERY shingled roof in a 3 mile wide and 10 mile long area was damaged. Crews put on roofs for over 9 moths. At one time there was 8 houses in sight of my front porch that had Mexicans all over them.
We have had over 8 inches of rain since Saturday. Got little over 5 last night.

so sorry for you folks down south,seems to be getting worse every year.we always thought of moveing south after retireing but think different now,we will stay in the snow belt we know how to handle the winters. hope things get better for you all.

Man that is rough, lots of hard work there. We have had some torrential rain in the past week, luckily no hail.

Dang

Wow... never saw the like of that. Crazy. Sorry for the loss of your garden and orchard.

glad we didn't get any hail, but we have lots of rain, my pond is overflowing

We missed the hale down here got 6 inches of rain but saw all that hail you guys got up there. Sorry to see all the damage

That sucks, here we’ve just had rain, 6 to 7 inches in the last 2 weeks.

Hey Pintail... I sent my cousin your photos. He lives in northern Illinois (Bolingbrook). He does a lot of gardening and he was wondering in what county in Illinois you live?

He has some friends somewhere in Southern Illinois. I told him I didn't know but would ask you.

Man, that has to be heartbreaking. Really sorry for your loss and all of the hard work and time.

Garry-

Actor he’s in Franklin county about 30 miles from Carbondale

Thank You...

Garry-