A hailstorm when crops are...
A hailstorm when crops are growing can be very devastating in Iowa or anyplace where
agriculture is the main income. A few years ago, a hailstorm of the worst type struck a
rural community. Hail, the size of golf balls, fell. Crops were devastated and cars were
speckled with real damage. In a nearby Amish community, the fields were about 75
percent destroyed and their gardens in some places were a total loss.
One Amish mother said to her family, "The fields and garden are nearly gone, but we
have an abundance of ice for ice cream. Gather all you can and we will feast on ice
