Kalin says he was taken by surprise as he sheltered inside with tightly fastened shutters but didn’t need to see the storm coming to know it was a tornado. “I held on to the front door. It was gonna ...

The seventh death, attributed to storm prep, was Robert Mackenzie, 79, who “was putting up his shutters when he fell 15 feet ...

With hurricane season upon us ... Used for security and privacy on pre-Revolutionary houses, the shutters also protected interior furniture from the damaging rays of the sun.

Kalin says he was taken by surprise as he sheltered inside with tightly fastened shutters but didn’t need to see the storm coming to know it was a tornado. “I held on to the front door.