My friend Bob’s new website is very good at picking out extreme weather. It’s the reason I got to see this:
That’s a weather observation from the Space Shuttle Launch Facility in Florida taken at 5:02 PM EST. It shows gusty winds, heavy rain and a thunderstorm with frequent lightning. It also shows “
Normally, that wouldn’t be such a big deal, except Shuttle Atlantis is on the pad (the photo on the left is from an earlier mission), ready for the next launch.
I have no idea whether the hail did any damage, but I would hope the post-storm examination will be thorough.
Life in Florida isn’t quite as simple as it seems.
You were right…..
Hail dings shuttle, could delay launch By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070227/ap_on_sc/space_shuttle