Rained at 5:30, went to supper with wife at 6:30, while there hail bounced off the side of the building, open door and water was sheeting by in white waves, strong wind blowing it.
Couldn't even leave, rained so hard and so nasty.
When we finally could leave was dark out, but could see the neighbors corn was all flattened down, looked bad what little I could see.
I had started beans yesterday, hope the hail was pea sized and didnt pop too many.
Supposed to be the nasty period Friday nite into Saturday, this was just a warm up.
Didnt have the heart to go look at my fields in the dark, still lightening anyhow. See what I see in the morning.
As to getting back to the harvest, can be 12 hours to 10 days, depends how much rain, and what weather you get following. Had a 5 inch downpour a few years ago, and typical cold weather after, overcast and cloudy. I sat on my rear for a week, wife was beginning to wonder why I wasn't thinking about combining. Took her for a ride on the utility tractor, almost got stuck 3 times driving around the field edges, my clay soil doesn't dry out from a 5 inch downpour. She didnt ask any more about combining, she jnderstood my mood a little better.
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