In Kingsburg, thunder could be heard roaring as and rain drops could be seen pounding the ground.
“This is like home,” said Mike Mooney, a traveler.
Mike Mooney is from Seattle. His life experiences in the northwest help him stay safe on the road.
“I don’t push it. Up there we don’t push it. We slowdown 5 or 10 miles an hour. I noticed here people don’t do that,” said Mooney.
Glenn Burnett collected quite a bit of hail on his windshield driving through Visalia.
“I don’t know if this thing is going to be dented or what. It really hit hard, said Glenn Burnett.
There was enough to pack a small snowball.
“This reminds me of Canada where all of a sudden you get 6 inches of hail,” said Burnett.
Yvonne Navarro, an employee at Liberty Tax Service, had been out of work for a year and a half. So she’s not complaining about getting wet.
“I got this opportunity to do this job. I told them if you hire me I’ll do it rain or shine, so I’m keeping my promise,” said Yvonne Navarro of Liberty Tax Service.
Richard Molinar, a farm advisor, explained the impact rain has on strawberries.
“It means you’re going to have losses. If the rain continues Thursday and Friday then the losses will be pretty significant,” said Richard Molinar, Strawberry Farm Advisor.
Molinar says moisture and air temperature causes grey mold to set in on red berries. He says up to 20% of local crops could be lost. However, consumers should not expect to pay more at the store.
“They’re used to taking a loss, so the prices they set will probably stay the same,” said Molinar.
Meanwhile, the farm bureau that some Kingsburg growers saw hail damage to their peaches, plums, nectarines, cherries and apricots.