For many of us, summer is all about reading books on the beach, eating juicy watermelon, enjoying barbecues with friends and spending some much needed time away from screens and out in nature. But as wonderful as the weather might be in your country during June, July and August, there’s a good chance that there are some storms brewing too.
People that live in regions that attract serious storms know the struggles of trying to prepare for extreme weather all too well. But when you don’t have a storm shelter to hide in or a garage to protect your car, you might have to get creative when it comes to preparing for nature to strike. Bored Panda has scoured the internet for the most amusing photos of people getting ready for extreme weather, so you’ll find some hilarious and brilliant tactics below. And keep reading to find conversations with Jacquelyn Fitzpatrick, Senior Brand Manager at Nielsen-Kellerman, and Jonathan Erdman, senior meteorologist for The Weather Company’s Weather.com!
#1 My Mom Has 5 Sets Of China (Don’t Ask) And Put Them In Her Pool Prior To Being Evacuated From Fires In Northern California. The Dishware Survived
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#2 Pool Noodle Hail Protection
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#3 Trash Bags Filled With Water
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#4 The Hurricane Chicken Hotel Is Ready For Business
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#5 They Are Going To End Up There Anyway
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#6 A Bike For Rainy Weather
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#7 A Hailstorm Ripped Through This Tropical Fruit Farm On The Sunshine Coast Late Yesterday Afternoon
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#8 A Jeep Owner In Dallas Covered Their Wrangler With Air Mattresses Before A Hail Storm
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#9 Excuse The Mulch, There Was An Incoming Hail Storm A While Back
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#10 Prepared And Ready For The Hurricane Season
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#11 Hail Protection For Starlink Disk
Yesterday the weather forecast predicted hail, so I wanted to protect the dish in the event of hail. I used a piece of foam and the dish installation bag I got with my post-installation kit. I just covered it and left it in place for the night.
It did slow down performance, but I was able to remove it easily the next day, without issue. Cheap and effective.
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#12 “Buckle Up, A Hurricane Is Coming”
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#13 Hailstorm Expected In Istanbul
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#14 Hailstorm Was Expected In Istanbul. We Got A Cute Cat Instead
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#15 When There’s Baseball-Sized Hail And You Park Outside
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#16 Prepping For Tropical Storm Colin: Placed The Chairs At The Bottom Of The Pool
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#17 How Did They Lift The Car High Enough To Slide The Trampoline Under It?
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#18 My Family’s Hurricane Preparation
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#19 A Secret Technique To Protect Your Car Against Flooding
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#20 Another Hailstorm Hit Us Yesterday. I Was Grateful For The Hail Protection Netting
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#21 Courier’s Hail Prevention
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#22 My Neighbor Has A Big Inflatable Thing To Protect His Car From Hail
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#23 Fun Way To Protect Your Car
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#24 Hurricane Prep
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#25 I See Your Noodle Hail Protection And Raise You… I Don’t Even Know
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#26 Possibly There’s No Better Way To Use Your Inflatable Mattress
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#27 No Carport No Problem Filled Garbage Bags With Leaves And Rolled Them Up In The Windows To Keep Them In Place
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#28 Hail Protector On And I’m Ready For Tonight
Got caught in some pea-sized hail earlier, but luckily there was no damage. But for tonight, I’m not taking chances. This thing has paid for itself three times already! It ain’t cheap, but it’s better than an insurance deductible.
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#29 Well, That’s One Way To Protect Your Home From Floods
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#30 Preparing For Hurricane Dorian In Hialeah
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#31 How To Prepare For A Hailstorm 101
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#32 It’s That Time Of The Year! Portable Shade Cloth Up
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#33 Preparing For The Hailstorm Tonight
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#34 My Neighbor’s Hail Deterrent
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#35 This Joke Works
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#36 Building Some Shade Cloth-Covered Protectors For My Plants This Year, As I Don’t Want A Repeat Of Last Year’s Hail Damage
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#37 It’s More Cost-Effective To Wrap And Tape Than To Pay For Repairs After A Severe Hailstorm
#38 Approaching Hail Storm. Can’t Fit 2 Cars In A One-Car Garage
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#39 Just Texans, Who Are Preparing For A Hail Storm
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#40 Used Bags Of Potting Soil To Shield The Vehicle’s Sunroof In A Recent Storm
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#41 I Keep Hail/Shade Fabric Over My Tomatoes All Season. Even Small Hail Can Devastate The Leaves Of A Young Tomato Plant
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#42 Hail Protection
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#43 Ready For Hail Storm. I Hope My Garden Survives
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#44 Hail Prepping
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#45 Bring On The Hail (Not Really Though – I Don’t Want To Replace All My Other Stuff)
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#46 Hail Storm At Pahalgam
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#47 When The Garage Is Full And You Live In Texas, And They Say There Is A Possible Softball-Sized Hail
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#48 There Has Got To Be A Better Way Than This To Protect My Garden From Hailstorms
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#49 Hurricane Preparation
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#50 How To Protect Your Car From Hurricane Irma
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