Bull riders and baseball-sized hail
Sometimes you go out to interview a bull rider and you get to see baseball-sized hail.
That’s what happened to me today.
The Professional Bull Riders tour is rolling through Oklahoma City this weekend, and a few of the riders are in town already promoting the event which will kick off Friday night at the Ford Center. I went to the Express Personnel Barns north of Yukon early Tuesday afternoon to chat with Austin Meier, an up-and-coming star who will be the focus of my Page 2 Q&A on Saturday.
(You won’t want to miss that.)
Right after we started talking, it began raining. We were inside one of the metal barns, so it sounded worse than it was. Even when the pea-sized hail started to fall, we still knew the metal roof made it sound worse than it really was.
But as the hail got bigger and the noise got louder, we knew things actually were bad.
Sure enough.
Put it this way — my car has seen better days.
Every vehicle there received serious hail damage, including big dents in the hoods and on the roofs. Most even had busted windshields; it looks like someone reared back from close range and fired a baseball at the windshields a couple times.
And that’s pretty much what happened.
Needless to say, I’ve already scheduled an appointment with the body shop.
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Comments
Claire:
Got it changed. Sometimes, things fall through the cracks, but we always appreciate the heads up.
Jenni
I pulled up The Oklahoman on line to find information on the PBR event this weekend. It is unbelievable to me that this is the only “article” covering the PBR coming to OKC this weekend. And you wonder why no one reads your paper or website anymore.
L.R.:
Ed Godfrey had a nice story today about the showdown between Bones and J.B. Mauney. Hope you have a chance to check it out.
Jenni
Before you write your next article, it is “reared” back. Good try though.