Baseball-size hail thrashes thousands of cars in Midwest

Justin King leftlanenews.com Severe storms producing baseball-size hail have reportedly damaged thousands of vehicles in Nebraska. Woodhouse Auto Family, which operates a group of showrooms in Nebraska and Iowa, claims that more than 4,500 vehicles on its lots in the city of Blair were damaged on Tuesday due to the storms. Images show new cars with front windshields completely shattered, rear windshields smashed out and dents covering the body panels. "Looks like we will be having a hail sale!" the dealer wrote on its Facebook page. Customer response on the social media site suggests some are hoping to get a deal on a hail-damaged new car. The dealer suggests $152 million in inventory was affected. The storms are also credited with driving 90 mph straight-line winds, spawning several tornados, causing several injuries and bringing extensive damage to homes and other property in the area. to read more: leftlanenews.com