Texas residents show creative solutions to protect cars from hail
Threats of hail across parts of North Texas had residents reaching for creative solutions as large as the Lone Star State to protect their cars.
The storm called for baseball-sized hail to fall Wednesday evening into Thursday, according to WFAA.
To prepare, residents got creative.
They covered their cars using cushions:
When the garage is full and you live in Texas. And they say there is possible Softball size hail, you go REDNECK!! pic.twitter.com/5qlAQUemxX
— Sherri VanCampen (@SherriVancampen) April 17, 2019
we heard there was going to be a hail storm and knowing Texas you cant ever be sure, so we gotta follow headass procedures just to make sure we keep the 240 and eg safe 😂 pic.twitter.com/hgGX0FnBdL
— fran (@arentulike12) April 17, 2019
Hail storms forecast this evening in #Texas. Be sure to protect your vehicles.#TexasHailStorm #EngineeredSolutions pic.twitter.com/WOVowJxnTV
— Tiffany Villarreal, P.E. (@TiffanyEngr) April 17, 2019
Chance of golf ball sized hail in central Texas. Going to do what I can to protect my truck. C'mon Weathertech! pic.twitter.com/5s9EC0jbrm
— bulldog (@FloppedEarDog) April 17, 2019
And, naturally, bubble wrap:
When there’s the threat of hail in Texas... pic.twitter.com/JgVmJZZgoA
— Bethany Evans (@bethanycevans) April 18, 2019