I was at a go-kart track with a lot of customers, when the marble-size hail and heavy winds hit us, and quickly yelled for all of the customers to get under the pavilion, as far in the middle as they could, and protect their heads. Especially to shelter the little ones. One father passed his crying little girl over to me so he could climb the fence. I held and comforted her ’til her Dad took her from my arms. The other ride attendants, to their credit, also looked after the guests before themselves.
Soon no voice could be heard above the wind and impact sounds of hail, which penetrated even to where we huddled together. The next five to ten minutes were pretty intense. A very large umbrella such as those pictured above soon ended up thrown like a spear, landing right where some of the customers had been standing in line. Its top and the ribs were jammed into the side of the pavilion, where people had been. Nobody was hurt, thankfully, at least at our track.
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