Crushing it. What do you do with 4,000 hailstones that you collect while chasing storms
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Tony Illenden crouches outside Northern Illinois University's Husky Hail Hunter to scoop hail into a bag while in a hailstorm during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Northern Illinois University's Husky Hail Hunter members Joey Toniolo, right, and Tony Illenden, back left, pick up hail while in a hailstorm during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, near Morton, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Jake Sorber prepares to crush hail in the Walmart parking lot during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Jake Sorber crushes hail in the Walmart parking lot during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Tony Illenden crouches in a helmet and gloves outside Northern Illinois University's Husky Hail Hunter to scoop hail into a bag while in a hailstorm during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Tony Illenden turns to place a bag of hail he collected into a cooler in the backseat of the Northern Illinois University's Husky Hail Hunter during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Forensic engineer Tim Marshall measure a large hail shaped like a rose between the front seats of Northern Illinois University's Husky Hail Hunter during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Morton, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Jake Sorber measures hail in the Walmart parking lot during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)Members of Project ICECHIP gather in the Walmart parking lot to measure, weigh and crush hail during an operation late Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
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Tony Illenden crouches outside Northern Illinois University's Husky Hail Hunter to scoop hail into a bag while in a hailstorm during a Project ICECHIP operation Friday, June 6, 2025, in Levelland, Texas. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)