"TSJABS" wrote in message
Here in the
midwest we frequently have hail that exceeds the size of many bullets and
fall
from much greater heights and its funny how people can just walk around in
it
and not get killed.


The terminal velocities would be different, you can't compare the two. And
I'm not a weather man so don't know about the "greater heights" claim. The
thing is, that height really doesn't come into play once the terminal
velocity for a particular object has been reached.

Lane