Hundreds of home and business owners have already filed insurance claims following Sunday night’s pounding by Mother Nature.

Thousands of additional claims are expected to be processed in the coming days.

The storm struck just after 10 p.m. August 12th and left a wide path of damage across the city.  One of the worst hit areas was Royal Oak, where the local Audi dealership reports more than 80 new and used vehicles were damaged.

Ahead of the storm, the Alberta Severe Weather Management Society sent four planes in the sky to seed the clouds and try to reduce the size of hailstones.

Project Director Terry Krauss tells The Calgary Herald even though they threw everything they had at the storm, it still managed to wreak some havoc.

Krauss describes the storm as a beast; he also believes things would have been worse if they were not flying.

The storm has renewed calls for a hail alert system in Canada.

John Paul Craig with Environment Canada tells The Calgary Sun there have been discussions, but at this point there are no plans to implement such a program.

Australia has a hail alert system where warnings are issued to people who sign up for it via their smartphone.  The alerts can give people as much as 10 minutes to prepare for a pending storm.