Hail stones the size of marbles battered Park Slope around 8:39 PM Monday evening. We were watching, House, our favorite TV show, when we heard what sounded like stones hitting our air conditioner.
Standing at the window, we took in the sight of a fierce rainn and hail storm that literally removed the leaves from the Third Street trees.
By 9PM the hail storm had passed but rain, thunder and lightening continued over Brooklyn.
we had a river running down 4th street for half an hour, sweeping garbage bags & pails down the street, like barrels over Niagara Falls. one woman lost her flipflop in the torrent while crossing the street, even after all the hail was over…