Sunday, August 12, 2007
What's a Toonie?
If you were like me, you didn't know what they were talking about in that news report out of Dauphin, Manitoba that referred to hail the size of a toonie.
Well, I asked if one of our Canadian readers could enlighten us poor ignorant Americans to this term. We got a great response from Bev who lives in Dauphin. Not only did she educate us about toonies she even provided some pics of the hail and a first hand account of the storm.
First the Toonie. The coin on the right is a quarter, the one in the center is a dollar or "Loonie" and the coin on the left is a two dollar or "Toonie". It looks to be about the size of our Half Dollar. You crazy Canadians, what'll you come up with next?
Last up is a pic of Bev's dad putting his fist through a hole in the heavy poly wall of the greenhouse they own.
This is Bev' description of the storm.
That doesn't leave much to say other than, Thank You Bev!
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Thanks, Annonymous!
Well, I asked if one of our Canadian readers could enlighten us poor ignorant Americans to this term. We got a great response from Bev who lives in Dauphin. Not only did she educate us about toonies she even provided some pics of the hail and a first hand account of the storm.
First the Toonie. The coin on the right is a quarter, the one in the center is a dollar or "Loonie" and the coin on the left is a two dollar or "Toonie". It looks to be about the size of our Half Dollar. You crazy Canadians, what'll you come up with next?
Last up is a pic of Bev's dad putting his fist through a hole in the heavy poly wall of the greenhouse they own.
This is Bev' description of the storm.
"Dauphin looks like the aftermath of a major disaster or something.
The mood of the town feels like everyone is confused and
not to sure where to start or what to do.
All insurance companies are all busy saying it could take weeks
to get to us. MPI (Auto Pac Insurance) is saying to call get
a claim # to get started and if you want get the damage fixed
if you want before the claim date and bring them the bill after.
All people seem to agree on is that this is and was f-ing crazy!!!!!!
Never seen this before said this 70 sum yr old man."
That doesn't leave much to say other than, Thank You Bev!
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An annonymous reader says some of the hail in Dauphin was only tennis ball size. That's still pretty big but not as bad for working. They also gave us the following image.
Thanks, Annonymous!
# posted by Hail Chaser : 9:29 PM
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Hey!! Drop the G and make that a P...it's DAUPHIN!
And in many areas in Dauphin, the hail was actually TENNIS-Ball Size, about the same value as a Loonie, but BIGGER! lol!
And in many areas in Dauphin, the hail was actually TENNIS-Ball Size, about the same value as a Loonie, but BIGGER! lol!
# posted by 
: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:45:00 PM
: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:45:00 PM
[IMG]http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i205/borshaw/HAIL.jpg[/IMG]
# posted by : Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:48:00 PM
: Sunday, August 12, 2007 11:48:00 PM
Oops, my bad. I got it fixed now.. No slight intended :)
Thanks for the catch and pointing it out.
I'm going to move your image up into the post. Thanks
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Thanks for the catch and pointing it out.
I'm going to move your image up into the post. Thanks
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