Hail mocks the bloom outside the united church in Merritt Photo KDG

Hail surrounds the bloom outside the United Church in Merritt
Photo KDG

On Saturday there was a hail storm here followed by a 4 hour power outage. The hail was soft and smaller then the storm in the 1990s here that caused millions of dollars in damage to roofs and cars.

The storm followed the BC  cattleman’s convention and the power outage disrupted their dinner.

On this Day: May 26th 1897
Dracula, is published by Bram Stoker.