{"id":21237,"date":"2014-08-08T20:55:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=21237"},"modified":"2014-08-08T20:55:39","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T12:55:39","slug":"airdrie-citizens-documents-gustnado-and-hailstorm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/08\/airdrie-citizens-documents-gustnado-and-hailstorm\/","title":{"rendered":"Airdrie citizens documents &#8216;gustnado&#8217; and hailstorm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The town of Airdrie in Alberta was hit by a terrible hailstorm and what some people are calling as a &#8216;gustnado&#8217; on Thursday afternoon, which carried on until evening.<\/p>\n<p>The storm &#8212; as well as the damage it brought &#8212; was well documented. Thanks to the internet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/rbEIdoFM_r\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>These ones hurt to get! Spiked golfballs in Airdrie; Alberta 8:39PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abstorm?src=hash\">#abstorm<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrairieChasers\">@PrairieChasers<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/e3HDbCIsd6\">pic.twitter.com\/e3HDbCIsd6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Braydon Morisseau (@BraydonMoreSo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraydonMoreSo\/statuses\/497573011482894337\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Crisp shelf moving through Airdrie 8:40pm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abstorm?src=hash\">#abstorm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/nT49Nii00C\">pic.twitter.com\/nT49Nii00C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Rempfer (@LakeviewChaser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakeviewChaser\/statuses\/497573329822547968\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Crazy storm in Airdrie Alberta !! CRAZY HAIL !! <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DNN8w5qjHt\">pic.twitter.com\/DNN8w5qjHt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Amanda (@Scoot797) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scoot797\/statuses\/497576245509767169\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The hail that my daughters collected from Airdries 5:00pm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abstorm?src=hash\">#abstorm<\/a>. Lots of damage in Airdrie <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/yMs4WCZLLA\">pic.twitter.com\/yMs4WCZLLA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Ratzlaff (@ratzlaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ratzlaff\/statuses\/497591083267031040\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>wow &#8230; Airdrie&#39;s 8:30pm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abstorm?src=hash\">#abstorm<\/a> was beautiful <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/QuickEdit?src=hash\">#QuickEdit<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/pXf5TMwKv9\">pic.twitter.com\/pXf5TMwKv9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Ratzlaff (@ratzlaff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ratzlaff\/statuses\/497604646903754752\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/rbHMucpCW-\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>From my buddy Ken in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Airdrie?src=hash\">#Airdrie<\/a> last night: &quot;When life gives you golf ball sized hail, make a vodka coke with it.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yyc?src=hash\">#yyc<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/G7aE0Q8bNU\">pic.twitter.com\/G7aE0Q8bNU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JD (@JDfromCJAY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDfromCJAY\/statuses\/497718866290937858\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Looks bad <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Airdrie?src=hash\">#Airdrie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abstorm?src=hash\">#abstorm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/3KkxrXpTmm\">pic.twitter.com\/3KkxrXpTmm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; VAHS (Cody Creelman) (@VetPracticeVAHS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VetPracticeVAHS\/statuses\/497570800254611457\">August 8, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BraydonMoreSo\">@BraydonMoreSo<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PrairieChasers\">@PrairieChasers<\/a> also W of Airdrie right now falling from the sky. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABStorm?src=hash\">#ABStorm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/9zlQDCZx1R\">pic.twitter.com\/9zlQDCZx1R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jeff Adams (@jeffmadams) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffmadams\/statuses\/497192177005383680\">August 7, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/instagram.com\/p\/ra5sWbmKjx\/embed\/\" width=\"612\" height=\"710\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Loonie\/toonie size hail west of Airdrie 7:00pm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/abstorm?src=hash\">#abstorm<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/LLn9OEfS4y\">pic.twitter.com\/LLn9OEfS4y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dustin Rempfer (@LakeviewChaser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LakeviewChaser\/statuses\/497187270588645376\">August 7, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The town of Airdrie in Alberta was hit by a terrible hailstorm and what some people are calling as a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":21238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18],"tags":[7230,1771,1867,7229,7231],"class_list":["post-21237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","tag-airdrie","tag-alberta","tag-calgary","tag-gustnado","tag-hailstorm","mauthors-ching-dee","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}