[NatureNS] re Hail and Yellow pollen in lakes

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Concerning the hail that fell on Saturday, some friends of ours at  
Mount Denson, east of Hantsport,  Hants Co.,  reported getting hail  
approximately marble-sized or less, and experiencing dimpling of the  
tops of their cars.  Jim in Wolfville.


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> From: Patrick Kelly <patrick.kelly@dal.ca>
> Date: June 22, 2008 8:07:24 PM ADT
> To: NatureNS <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Subject: [NatureNS] Yellow pollen in lakes
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
>
> Hi everyone:
>
> We had over two hours of continuous thunderstorm roll north of us  
> on Saturday. (That would have been the ones RIchard reported  
> driving through. We only got a few bursts of heavy rain...).  A bit  
> late the same thing happened south of is in the Vaughan area.
>
> I went atalssing there this morning and all of the lakes had long   
> broad "spills" of bright yellow pollen. Some of these were several  
> metres wide and aver 200 metres long. They looked as though someone  
> had gone by in a boat and was dumping out yellow paint as they  
> went. Falls Lake, and Mockingee Lake were affected. Someone I know  
> was at a lake just west of there (North Canoe Lake) and it had the  
> same thing. She also had photos of some of the hail that had fallen  
> there on Saturday. The hail ranged from the size of dimes to the  
> size of nickels.
>
> I'm guessing that it must have been blown into the lake, as the  
> rain should have just brought it to the ground where I would have  
> thought it would just stay put. Has anyone seen this before, or  
> know what tree would make that much pollen?
>
> Pat
>
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Concerning the hail that fell on Saturday, some friends of ours at Mount =
Denson, east of Hantsport, =A0Hants Co., =A0reported getting hail =
approximately marble-sized or less, and experiencing dimpling of the =
tops of their cars. =A0Jim in Wolfville.<div><br><div><br><div>Begin =
forwarded message:</div><br =
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Helvetica">Patrick Kelly &lt;<a =
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style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] Yellow pollen in =
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12.0px Helvetica">Hi everyone:</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: =
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margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" =
size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">We had over two hours of =
continuous thunderstorm roll north of us on Saturday. (That would have =
been the ones RIchard reported driving through. We only got a few bursts =
of heavy rain...).<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>A bit =
late the same thing happened south of is in the Vaughan =
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margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: =
12.0px Helvetica">I went atalssing there this morning and all of the =
lakes had long<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </span>broad =
"spills" of bright yellow pollen. Some of these were several metres wide =
and aver 200 metres long. They looked as though someone had gone by in a =
boat and was dumping out yellow paint as they went. Falls Lake, and =
Mockingee Lake were affected. Someone I know was at a lake just west of =
there (North Canoe Lake) and it had the same thing. She also had photos =
of some of the hail that had fallen there on Saturday. The hail ranged =
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guessing that it must have been blown into the lake, as the rain should =
have just brought it to the ground where I would have thought it would =
just stay put. Has anyone seen this before, or know what tree would make =
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