[Intro]
Me? Wow!
Did you see that?
(SPLAT!)
What was that?
(Coming down!)
Look around!
(Whoa!)
Oh, no, no, know!
[Verse 1]
November skies, a strange surprise
Thunder rolling, lightning flies
Never heard the heavens roar
Like a summer storm long past autumn’s door
[Pre-Chorus]
Round and round
(Up and down)
Hear that sound
(Shake the ground)
Rain comes pouring
(Hail comes crashing)
Storms are forming
(Climate’s flashing!)
[Refrain]
Me? Wow!
… did you see.. (that?)
SPLAT!
Maelstrom
(It felt like a bomb!)
Maelstrom
(Reigning on….)
My head
(Said:)
Maelstrom
(Not the same ole song)
No, not for long.
[Verse 2]
Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Storms were building, getting stranger
Rotating clouds and funnel sights
Tractor-trailers tossed aside
Then the hail came pouring down
Blanketing streets across the town
[Pre-Chorus]
One-inch stones
(Coming down!)
Whiteout roads
(Through the town!)
Plows and shovels
(What’s the matter?)
November thunder
(Hailstorm splatter!)
[Refrain]
Me? Wow!
… did you see.. (that?)
SPLAT!
Maelstrom
(It felt like a bomb!)
Maelstrom
(Reigning on….)
My head
(Said:)
Maelstrom
(Hailstorm splatter!)
For that matter…
(Not the same ole song)
No, not for long.
[Verse 3]
From Lancaster to Jersey’s shore
The atmosphere was keeping score
Flash-flood waters, rising fast
How long can this last?
More than weather
(It’s energy!)
Moving through
(Overcoming me)
Moisture rising
(Circulation turning!)
Storms intensifying
(There’s a lesson we’re learning!)
[Verse 4]
You don’t need to see the poles
To feel the changes taking hold
No glacier needed in your view
The evidence can come to you
Look outside, what do you see?
A growing glimpse of energy
From ocean depths to skies above
The whole system feels Man’s shove!
Did you see it?
(Wail: Hailstorm!)
Did you feel it?
(That’s the maelstrom!)
Can you hear it?
(Thunder rolling!)
Can you feel it?
(Energy bowling!)
[Final Refrain]
Me? Wow!
… did you see.. (that?)
SPLAT!
Maelstrom
(It felt like a bomb!)
Maelstrom
(Reigning on….)
My head
(Said:)
Maelstrom
(Not the same ole song)
No, not for long.
Maelstrom!
(Coming around!)
Maelstrom!
(Shaking the ground!)
Hailstorm
(The new norm)
Me? Wow!
(What a sight!)
Look outside!
(Climate in flight!)
[Outro]
How’s climate energy hitting you?
(Just look outside!)
Me? Wow!
(So far and wide)
Did you see that?
(SPLAT!)
About the Song
How Is Climate Energy Hitting You? November’s Severe Weather Says Plenty
Me? Wow. Did you see that?
It was slightly severe here. I’ve never experienced thunderstorms in November quite like these.
What happened around me was on an entirely different scale.
About 15 miles southwest, in Delaware, a massive rotating circulation appeared to resemble a tornado.
Then, in virtually every direction, stretching across dozens of miles from Lancaster County to Central New Jersey, enormous hailstorms erupted.
Bizarre doesn’t begin to describe it.
Here’s a picture from 6 ABC Action News:
“No, it’s not snow! Massive piles of hail blanketed parts of Parkside Borough in Delaware County on Thursday.”
* A November Severe Weather Outbreak *
Thursday, November 12, 2026, brought an extraordinary late-autumn severe weather outbreak across the Greater Philadelphia region, Delaware, and New Jersey.
This storm system developed as a complex area of low pressure moved north from Virginia. Rapid intensification produced an unusually unstable atmosphere, generating powerful thunderstorms before a dramatic transition to much colder, winter-like conditions.
What followed was one of the most unusual November weather events many residents in the region have experienced.
Confirmed Tornadoes in Delaware and New Jersey
The massive circulation southwest of my location was not simply an optical illusion. Reports from the region described confirmed tornado activity.
* New Castle County, Delaware: Around 1:15–1:30 p.m., a tornado reportedly touched down near Christiana. Video captured the circulation near Chapman Road and Eagle Run Road. The storm crossed I-95 and overturned a tractor-trailer.
* Burlington County, New Jersey: Later in the afternoon, another tornado was reported across the Delaware River, accompanied by funnel-cloud sightings near Pedricktown.
Snow-Like Hail Blankets Delaware County
The photographs and video from 6 ABC Action News captured some of the most extraordinary scenes of the day.
* Parkside Borough and Aston: Slow-moving thunderstorms dumped enormous quantities of hail, with some stones reaching approximately 1.25 inches in diameter.
* Road closures and snowplows: Hail accumulated so deeply along Edgmont Avenue and Route 352 in Parkside that police closed sections of roadway. Pickup trucks became stranded in drifts that looked remarkably like a midwinter snowstorm. Road crews brought out shovels and plows to clear the accumulated ice.
This wasn’t snow. It was hail, accumulating faster than the roads could be cleared.
Widespread Regional Impacts and Flooding
The storm system extended across a broad area, from central Pennsylvania through the Delaware Valley and into New Jersey.
Flash flooding and rescues: Slow-moving downpours triggered flash flood warnings across Philadelphia, Delaware, Chester, and Montgomery counties. Drivers became trapped in rapidly rising floodwaters, prompting water rescues.
Widespread hail: Severe thunderstorm warnings tracked large hail across Bucks and Montgomery counties, extending into Camden, Gloucester, and Burlington counties in New Jersey.
The Bigger Picture: Climate Energy Redistribution
What makes this event particularly remarkable is its timing.
November is supposed to be a transition into winter, not a repeat of summer’s most violent thunderstorms. Yet the atmosphere produced powerful rotating storms, tornadoes, widespread hail accumulation, and flash flooding across a substantial region.
Individual weather events are not, by themselves, proof of climate change. But the atmosphere operates within a climate system that is accumulating excess energy.
As the oceans absorb more than 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, that energy influences atmospheric circulation, moisture availability, instability, and the intensity of precipitation.
This is what climate energy redistribution looks like when it intersects with everyday life.
You don’t have to travel to Antarctica, watch melting glaciers, or study ocean temperatures to experience the consequences of an increasingly energetic climate system.
Sometimes, all you have to do is look outside your window. So, how is climate energy hitting you?
Me? Wow. Did you see that?
🌩️ HAILSTORMS — THE RISING COST OF EXTREME WEATHER AND INSURANCE
Hail isn’t just frozen rain. It’s a delivery system for destructive kinetic energy!
As hailstones grow larger, their mass and impact energy increase dramatically. And there’s an important physics lesson behind the damage:
KE = ½mv²
Double the impact velocity and you quadruple the kinetic energy!
The consequences are showing up everywhere:
🚗 AUTOMOBILES: Hailstorms are generating billions of dollars in vehicle damage, making hail one of the largest sources of comprehensive auto insurance claims.
🏠 HOMES: Damaged roofs, shattered skylights, broken windows, and destroyed solar panels are driving up repair costs and insurance deductibles.
🌾 AGRICULTURE: Hail can destroy an entire season’s crops in minutes.
💰 INSURANCE: U.S. insured losses from severe convective storms exceeded $50 billion annually in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
And then came November 12, 2026!
Across Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey, extraordinary thunderstorms dumped so much hail that streets in Parkside Borough, Delaware County, looked like they were buried under snow. Road crews actually brought out snowplows to clear the ice. Vehicles were stranded, and streets were closed.
This wasn’t snow. It was hail!
Our paper explores the physics behind hail’s destructive potential, the changing dynamics of severe storms, and the growing connection between climate risk and financial risk.
The progression is clear:
Atmospheric warming → More damaging storm environments → Greater hail impacts → Billions in property losses → Higher insurance premiums.
The weather is changing. The damage is getting more expensive. And we’re all paying for it.
📖 Read the paper:
Hailstorms: The Rising Cost of Extreme Weather and Insurance
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