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4000ac solar farm in Texas devastated by hailstorm (imgur.com)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ikidd@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Looks expensive. The grey ones are the broken ones.

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[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Idk, here in the PNW I had only seen hail once in the past 10 years, this spring it has hailed over a dozen times... climate change is wild

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Ah, the solar power epicenter that is the PNW.

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I meant that yes hail happens in Texas, but these freak storms are getting worse and it is a new phenomenon. Also most houses around here have solar

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Actually, I guess I was trying to be funny. And me having 25kW of solar panels is even crazier, because I'm an afternoon's drive away from the Arctic Circle. In winter, we get about 6 hours of sunlight a day, at a ridiculously terrible angle.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Really? I grew up near Seattle (>20+ years ago) and I remember getting hail fairly frequently, probably more frequently than snow, at least in my neighborhood. Then again, the hail was quite small and only lasted a few seconds to a minute most of the time.

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I lived in Seattle for a while and it never hailed, late 20-teens, but in the Willamette valley it is pretty rare, yet it has been hailing every few days this spring/early spring, we also have been having lightning storms. It is an unusual beginning to the yeat

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Huh, I'll have to ask my parents, who still live near Seattle. I left around the late 2000s, so I'm mostly talking about the 90s and early 2000s. It never hailed a lot (like 2-3 times/year), and thunderstorms happened a few times in the spring.

That said, more than 5 times in the spring would definitely be unusual. That, plus the bonkers 100F+ weather two years ago (I think? I wasn't there) is kinda nuts.

[–] JoMomma@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Lol it's been well over 110f every summer for the last 8 years in the valley...

https://www.plantmaps.com/en/us/climate/extremes/f/oregon-record-high-low-temperatures