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PICKERING — Jamie Dufresne was in for “It was just like pounding... knocking, a shock once all the water and leaves were knocking... so loud!” said Marianna Reitsma. cleared off his car following Monday’s short The noise was a lot louder than heavy rain but heavy hailstorm. and she looked outside to see the yard being The vice principal of Holy Redeemer Cath- covered in marble-size hail. olic School in Pickering thought his car was “When I looked outside it was just white.” safe from damage yesterday after leaving Flower beds were shredded and trees were school until he stopped for gas in Ajax and battered by the hail at her home on Malden saw about 100 pock marks on his precious Crescent in the Liverpool Road and Finch 1993 Mazda RX-7’s hood and sun roof. Avenue area of Pickering shortly after 3:30 “I was shocked,” he said, adding he’s wait- ing to hear how much he’ll spend to get it ‘We just had all the flowers put out. fixed. Although the car is completely original, We were just starting to enjoy it, then it will require a new paint job, the hood will boom.’ most likely have to be replaced and the sun -- ROB BURLING roof “is not cheap to replace. “It’s only got 94,000 (kilometres) on it and it never saw a winter - until yesterday,” he said p.m. Monday. But, he was happy to report none of the “It lasted for four or five minutes,” Ms. students was injured from the storm. Reitsma said in describing how she grabbed “Fortunately, we got our children on the her camera and began taking pictures. buses just before the storm hit,” he said. Flowers were beaten down to their stalks Only four children were not on a bus, but and the grass completely covered in opaque Mr. Dufresne said a teacher waited with pieces of ice. them until they were picked up. It took more than two and a half hours Pickering resident Rob Burling spent before the bulk of it melted away. Tuesday cleaning the flowers, leaves, pine “It was like wintertime,” she said as she cones and twigs from his yard. He managed recounted how her sun deck turned white to save a lot of his flowers because a neigh- and the hail continued to fall. bour called from Scarborough, warning of It was part of a severe thunderstorm that the oncoming storm, and Mr. Burling put swept through Durham Region between them under the table in the backyard and 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. brought others inside. “We just had all the City of Pickering staff was still cleaning up flowers put out,” he said. “We were just start- after the mess on Tuesday morning. ing to enjoy it, then boom.” “I think we came out fairly lucky as far as The hail took paint off the Burling family’s damage is concerned,” said John Hannah, AJ Groen/ News Advertiser photo window frames, put a hole in the roof, and superintendent of municipal operations. Jamie Defresne is reflected in the finish of the hood of his 1993 Mazda RX7. 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Pump Price Watch is sponsored by Pickering hit by one hail of a storm ✦ Pickering from page 1 “Our body shop has been swamped today with phone calls and people coming in about An “awful lot of leaves”, broken limbs and it,” she said. partial trees fell and staff began cleaning that Damage include dents and smashed mir- up last night, Mr. Hannah said. No permanent rors and tail lights. As well, all the cars on the damage to the flower beds or anything the City lot were damaged. planted was found. “Everything is on hold until our insurance “A lot of rain, a lot of short flooding because looks at it,” said Ms. Moore. of leaves and debris and things blocking the Nearby Boyer Pontiac at Whites Road and FACES OF THE FUTURE DURHAM REGION catch basins,” he said. “We brought a street Hwy. 2, however, reported only minimal dam- YOUTH TAKING A POSITIVE DIRECTION. sweeper in early this morning (Tuesday) to age to a few cars on its lot, said service adviser 2008 clean up some of the debris that was on the Frank Deceaser. “There might be a couple out streets and we’re still out assessing and doing Photo by Marianne Reitsma there, but nothing too crazy,” he said. clean up.” Residents use hockey sticks and shovels to clear Aside from three or four trees that were As far as the dollar value, Mr. Hannah said drains following the hail storm. damaged by the Sunday and Monday storms, it’s mostly labour-related. there was no damage in Ajax, said Steve Brake ET DURHAM REGIONRO MEDIALA GROUP Hail at this time of year isn’t uncommon, Ontario,” Mr. Kimbell said. of the Operations department. ND said Peter Kimbell, a warning preparedness “There was significant hail of a significant “There was nothing related to flooding,” Mr. meteorologist with Environment Canada. size,” he said, noting some were golf ball and Brake said. The odd part is that it “happened over a baseball sized. “It’s significant hail, no doubt “There was no flooding, which is a real sur- populated area. Statistically, it doesn’t happen about it.” prise.” over populated areas,” Mr. Kimbell said. Some Pickering car dealerships are report- Hail is caused when an updraft of air caused Faces of the Future 2008 Cooler air higher in the atmosphere com- ing damage as well. by a thunderstorm moves up quickly, Mr. Kim- bined with warm surface temperature and an Amanda Moore, a service administrator at bell said. When rain begins to fall, it’s ice crys- updraft caused by thunderstorms contributed Pickering Toyota at Whites Road and Hwy. 2, tals. The crystals hit other crystals and start to • Coming Sunday, June 22 to the hail, Mr. Kimbell said. said on Tuesday morning she’d already taken form hail. The updraft “keeps pushing it up,” “There was unstable air mass everywhere in 15 to 20 calls about damage. Mr. Kimbell said, and the same cycle occurs. Getting on the green for Rouge Valley Ajax and Pickering Pickering Mayor Dave Ryan 140,000 square feet of new expanding RVAP’s 24/7/365 is so keen to raise funds or renovated space currently emergency department, for Rouge Valley Ajax and under construction at RVAP space for diagnostic imaging Pickering (RVAP) hospital and slated for completion in and laboratory services campus, he started practicing 2010. The major construction will be expanded, while for an annual golf fundraiser project, the largest in the services such as obstetrics at the busy construction site hospital’s history, will build and paediatrics will continue recently. The Mayors’ Charity a renewed emergency to serve residents of Ajax, Golf Classic, on Sept. 9 at department and related Pickering and Whitby. Deer Creek Golf & Country services. In addition to Joining Mayor Ryan for the Club, raises funds for current promotional golfi ng, were, and future hospital needs from left: Registered Nurse at Rouge Valley Ajax and Kim Wadsworth; Aecon Pickering.