i have always been weary of storms and the damage they can cause...sure i feel sorry for the people that get caught out in them.....especially if they have paintjobs that cost more than my whole car.
it all comes down to common sense.....find somewhere under shelter weather it be a tin awning or a shop front that has a roof over it......i would jump gutters to get to undercover parking if i knew there was hail coming.....you see my insurance doesnt cover thing like that cause its only 3rd party.....where as someone that has an $80,000 landcrusier will most likely have full comp...
hail is only really damaging when it is fairly big.....like the other day....small hail will dent but it has to be going at a fair rate of knots. as i was saying to matt before the storm hit.....i have never been caught in a hailstorm that i have had to get out of...i've always had my car undercover before the storm hits.....which is why i wanted to go to morayfield shopping centre......we just didnt get there in time.....we had to find something else.
and yes i think we were pretty bloody lucky.....cause that awning wasnt real big.