Last Saturday there was a freak hail storm in Johannesburg. Hail, larger than golf balls pelted down in the Midrand and Edenvale areas. Here is a link to a video of the hail on JHB, there are also picture of the damage http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/South-Africa/Joburg-hail-storm-20121022. My one friend said that most of the windows in their house were smashed. My mom is currently using my car and it got damaged by the hail at her workplace in Germiston - the windscreen got smashed and there are big dents. The insurance companies must be swamped with claims right now. Never seen such a bad hailstorm like this before, it must have been so scary to be caught in such a storm. Below are some pictures of the damage, as reported on News24.
There are currently terrible floods in the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Roads have collapsed and houses have been damaged.
There was an earthquake in Maine on Tuesday 16 October 2012 measuring 4.0 on the Reichter Scale. We felt the tremor here in Boston.
Now there is also speculation of a Tropical Storm heading our way. Topical Storm Sandy will hit Jamaica and then possible head to North Eastern America as a hurricane or maybe just die down.
Scary stuff! Why is Mother Nature so angry?!
People have forecasted that this year will see a lot of strange weather activity. Linked to the Mayan calendar (amongst others) - forecasting that the world will end in Decemeber 2012. So let's just hope that all this freak weather stops and doesn't cause any deaths.
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