Norman businesses begin recovery from hail storm
May 2 - Local business owners embark on a recovery process that can take months after a severe thunderstorm on Norman Wednesday dropped baseball-sized hail, causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Winds above 70 MPH and hail the size of baseballs hit Norman just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, causing damage to cars, buildings and windows. Now entrepreneurs are looking at insurance claims and assessing damage after one of the more costly storms in the city's history. Rebecca Bean, owner of STASH on Main Street, said she got to her store and found six broken windows. "We're pretty lucky that it wasn't worse," said Bean. "We have been spared floods and injuries, and all of our goods have been spared." STASH was closed all day on Thursday while the outside windows were worked on and glass and ceilings were removed. In an AccuWeather report, senior vice president and chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter said while tornadoes get more coverage, ha...