I love this story. It’s about being present, aware of your surroundings and wanting to be a helper. Just the other day, during a crazy hailstorm here in Kansas, THIS happened.
https://www.koamnewsnow.com/weather/storm-chaser-leads-dogs-to-safety-as-massive-hail-pounds-kansas/video_9228dd43-e9ba-55c7-908e-ef90dd9059e5.html
Hail is a type of precipitation that forms when strong updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops high into the atmosphere, where they freeze into ice pellets. These pellets are then carried by the updrafts back up into the cloud, where they collide with more water droplets and freeze again, adding layers of ice to the hailstone. This process continues until the hailstone becomes too heavy for the updrafts to support, and it falls to the ground.
The largest hailstones can be the size of grapefruits, and they can cause significant damage to property and crops. Kansas is one of the states in the United States that is most prone to hailstorms.
Kansas is particularly prone to hailstorms due to its location in the central United States, where warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico collides with cold, dry air from the north. This creates an environment that is conducive to the formation of thunderstorms, which can produce hail. In fact, Kansas is one of the top states in the US for hail damage to property, with an average of 10 hailstorms per year.
