Residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, (South west. Nigeria) were scared yesterday, when tiny ice blocks began to fall on them during a heavy rainfall.
*An hail storm is a situation whereby Ice-Blocks fall from the sky like rainfall*
Roads, rooftops and vehicles were covered with Ice blocks, which melted a few minutes later.
The rain began around 5:42pm. The weather was slightly windy.
It started suddenly and lasted about 27 minutes.
Many, who were in the open, reported being hit by a rain of ice blocks.
Frightened motorists, who did not know what was hitting their vehicles hurriedly parked by the roadsides.
In Ake, the wind shields of three vehicles were broken by the ice.
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According to one of the Abeokuta residents (names withheld)
He said, "I'm presently driving somewhere around kuto, in abeokuta and there's massive hail storm here.It's so strong,it's got people leaving their cars for shelter.To give you an idea.it's like having gravel poured on the roof of your vehicle from a four storey building.this is the second time I'm witnessing this anomaly.the first being around 1981 In Festac as a kid.Is this phenomenon normal,or a sign of the end time as predicted.2012"
The experience was the same in Panseke, MKO Abiola Stadium and Kuto.
Mr. Denola Badejo of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library(OOPL), Abeokuta, said he was afraid when the rain caught him driving.
He said: "I thought it would break my glass. The first time I witnessed it was in 1977 in Ijebu - Ode. I was in the secondary school then. During my first experience, tiny fishes fell from the sky with the ice. I caught one of the fishes and tried to rear it, but it died later."
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somthing is bout happening on this land!
ReplyDeleteThere is no problem, so far it is not a common occurence.
ReplyDeleteThere is nothing strange about hail. Although it is an uncommon occurrence, but it does happen from time to time at different locations.It is perfectly normal..Michee
ReplyDeletethat is global woarming for you.
ReplyDeleteThis first happened to me as a kid on holidays in Idiaba, Abeokuta, 1966 or 1968 I had come from Lagos.
ReplyDeleteMeteorologists should be able to say how common or uncommon this is; in other parts of the world it is seasonal about mid summer.
I wander how fishes will fall from the sky along side the Ice Rain.Can some one prove this?
ReplyDeleteIt is something that can happen. It has happened before in the past here in Nigeria. Hail is not common here in this part of the world.
ReplyDeleteLets us be expecting serious rainfall this year.
I experience it first in umunede delta state while serving there in 2002 i have not experience anoda since den bt i think its normal our location in d tropics is why we cant be having it regularly
ReplyDeletethis is not a thing to scare of, it happen in part of abuja resently, it is not abnormal
ReplyDeleteHail rain is very common,but it does not happen all the time.
ReplyDeleteEVEN FISHES,CRABS SNAKES,FROGS,LIZARDS ALL DO FALL FROM THE SKIES WHEN THERE'S SUCH HEAVY RAIN STORM HAPPENS.
I THINK SOMEBODY WOULD SECOND ME ABOUT SUCH OCCURRENCE.
Snow may one day fall in Africa. Signs of the end time. Children of God must be ready this time.
ReplyDeleteIts a false story to bliv that fish or any creature fall from the sky. This cause during the migration of fish from one river to the other and is done during the rainfal by hoping from the river to the other, thats when people saw them and bliv its fell from the sky
ReplyDeleteIf such a thing happens it is an act of God, and no one could change it. I prefer we discuss issues that change our life for good.
ReplyDeletecan juvenile mudskaters trapped in light mud envelopes in pools that dried up be blown and carried some distance? As the mud get dissolved by pelting rain a person outside in the rain could see this as fish falling from the sky
ReplyDeleteYes! Fish can fall from the sky it is true but they were not bred in the sky science made us believe that "water spout" carried the fishes up in the sky and then pours them down when the next rain falls.... To learn more about water spouts and block rain you could use google instead of doubting the beautiful buh rare things that happens in life :) follow me twitter nd instagram @9jacraychild
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