Texas Times

April is a stormy month with rapid wild weather swings.  This week we had a severe thunderstorm and hail warning for our area.  After what happened last month, I moved the car under the roof at the gas station.  Lots of people had the same idea as you can see from the pictures below.  I think every roofer within 1000 miles is now in Plano Texas.  Every house has needed roof repair.  Last months storm took out all of the South West facing windows including our bedroom.  I fortunately got word from my coworker that it was coming so drive under a vacant car port and only had a few dents.  You can see what golf ball to softball size hail can do.

Lots of birds back for spring.  The Green Herons are building a nest in the tree outside our window today and we saw our first Yellow Crested Night Heron last week.  Two red tail hawks also hunting by the pond most days.

Flowers at the Arboretum are in full bloom.
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The view from the gas station just before the storm hit.  Cars rapidly pulled under the gas station roof to avoid the hail damage though only small pellets in this storm.  The worst was 3 miles North where they has softball size hail.  One of the cars from this is below.

One of the cars in our parking lot at work that went through this weeks hail storm.

 

Our apartment buildings after golf ball size hail last month.  Every south and west facing window broken including our bedroom.

 

Roofers are making some money.  Here is a picture down a typical street with roof signs in every yard.

 

Our Local Albertson's closing due to a rent raising issue.  They put all their wine on 30% discount after all other discounts (now 40%).  I got a lot of good deals.

 

 Lots of wild life by the pond behind our office.

 The arboretum in full bloom.