Aug. 2: Five Things You Need to Know Today

1. In case you missed it (and for your sake, we hope you did) there was one "hail" of a . Got an excellent hail-related pun? By all means, tell us in the comments.

2. Then again, for anyone whose car got stuck on Horace Harding Expressway, it may be a while before you find the severe display of weather funny. Or possibly hail-arious. Anyone? No? Fine.

3. The New York Post reports that actor Kelsey Grammer, of "Cheers" and "Frasier" fame,

4. The Queens County Farm Museum held its 33rd annual Thunderbird American Indian Pow Wow this past weekend, and Patch, of course, was there to cover it. Check out some video here, and come back later today for a photo gallery.

5. It's going to be another hot one today, but good news! As of right now, there is a 0 percent chance of rain. We presume this also includes baseball-sized hail.