WOW!!! Judy, what a close call for your mom!!! Glad that everyone was out of the exact range of this twister!!! Things can be replaced, but people can't. Hope your hurricane season is mild, and uneventful this year. Take care ! :o) Lynn Judy wrote: > Even though it is hurricane season here in Florida, usually the worst come > in August to October. > > The other day my mom was sitting a few feet from her glass sliders, and > all > of a sudden there was a hurricane that blew through her back patio. A > solid, dark sheet of rain appeared while the twister ripped in one side, > and > out the other. It left all the blinds mutilated and twisted in a spiral, > and took out everything there. Yet when it passed through, it went over > the > rose bushes and trellis, and did not even shake one leaf off the plants. > Unfortunately, they now have a small roof leak in the house. It has only > been a little over a year since they replaced the roof because of the 2005 > hurricane that blew off the old one. > > We feel blessed, however, that nobody got hurt, especially since Mom was > only about 5 feet away from it. Her husband had just come inside only > minutes before. > > I'm hoping there won't be so much fear about these storms after we move > south of Tallahassee in a few weeks.