Ted, sounds like your cousins are in a hail 'zone'.

There are locations around here that always seem to get hail every other year or so(give or take a mile or two). Luckily we only have one field that is close to the streak. 90 years ago my great grandpa got hailed out 4 years in a row. He homesteaded 20 miles south of here. Same spot got hail this Summer.


Awesome bird year for many varieties. Tons of young Meadowlarks.