Hailstorms are some of the most destructive and devastating weather events in the United States. They can strike with little notice, thus creating treacherous driving conditions. Even if you’re not behind the wheel when a hailstorm is raging, the damage hail does to a car is gut-wrenching.

If hail doesn’t reach damaging size, it can still annihilate farmer’s crops and produce fine scratches into the clear-coa…