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California's Record Hailstones Look Like Spiky Grenades
The three-inch wonders fell Saturday during a severe thunderstorm north of San Francisco.
Most serious hailstones threaten to crack your skull like jumbo-sized jawbreakers shot out of a howitzer.
The ones that fell Saturday during a severe thunderstorm in Tehama County, California, about 150 miles north of San Francisco, are a bit different. With their intimidating armor of spikes, they look like they’d stick right into your head like lawn darts, and then release fountains of blood when you pulled them out.