Freaky Hailstorm in Land Park Sacramento with Photos and Video

My seller texted to see if I survived the hailstorm in Land Park Sacramento because she was working on her house a few blocks away when it happened. I’m not kidding you, the thunder alone was loud and crazy. When I heard something pelt the windows, I realized it wasn’t rain. It was too hard, making too much noise, so I pulled my head out of my computer to look outside. Yowza! It was hailing like no tomorrow.

Pea-sized hail. It was cold enough it wasn’t melting right away, either. Nobody expected a hailstorm in Land Park Sacramento. But I figured my cats were smart enough not to run outside, so I flung open the door to shoot a video in the back yard. You can see the results of the video embedded below. It’s short, only about 10 seconds. I don’t have a long attention span and can easily get bored, unlike some people.

My seller texted me her progress on getting her home ready. This is a new listing in Land Park coming on the market in a couple of weeks. She seemed exasperated by the storm as well. I know how storms (and fireworks) tend to scare the bejesus out of our cats, so I picked up Tessa, our Ocicat, to try to calm her down. As I held her, petting her gently, whispering soothing words into her ear, Ziggy, our new ragdoll kitty sat patiently on the floor waiting for his turn to be adored.

Then all of a sudden CRRRR-AAACK. Thunder struck close to the house. Evidently, no stopping the hailstorm in Land Park Sacramento. Tessa flew out of my arms, but not before using my neck and shoulder as a launching pad. Ziggy jumped 5 feet in the air and almost landed on my head. They both had those cartoon legs, running so fast it was though they were wound with a rubber band and released. Zoom. Into the other room and presumably under a bed. Now you see ’em, now you don’t.

Guess I’m just lucky Tessa didn’t claw up my face. Didn’t draw any blood. Also, I cut everybody’s nails yesterday, so there was that lucky thing, too. Temperatures dropped into the 40s in Sacramento. Well, beats watching a tree fall on the house or the house slipping into the ocean. Been there and survived those things. What’s a little hail?