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jlf1961 -> RE: Hail, as in weather related (6/19/2008 4:53:45 PM)
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There is the possibility that global warming is partially to blame for the increase in severe storms across the plains states, which means more thunderstorms, and all that go with it.
However, since there is nothing one can do about the situation, all you can do is file a claim with the insurance company, build a carport over the driveway, or purchase one of the kevlar awnings like the car dealers use.
The other alternative is (trust me, I have seen people do this) stand outside during a storm and rage against the weather.
I do not suggest the above, sense injuries during hail storms can be fatal, not to mention that the powers that be have a stupid sense of humor and you may get zapped with a bolt of lightning.
Now, if you follow my philosophy, it wouldnt matter.
You see, I have owned my share of new cars in the past. Every new car either gets dinged in a parking lot (result of the new car magnetism to shopping carts and careless people,) storm damaged in some way, and one was even totalled in my driveway (teen driver lost control of 1 ton pickup and drove across my lawn at 50mph, did a number on a vette.)
So, I have given up on new cars, own an old jeep cj with a cammo paint job of various primer colors, which in the five years I have had it has not gotten dinged, dented, or damaged in any form, except by the occasional hail storm, and if you know a bit about painless dent repair, it is easy enough to fix.
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