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In Baker County, most people had problems with localized flooding but one couple told Channel 4 they are fortunate to be alive after a twister tore through the middle of their brick home while they were inside.

“I was just getting ready to tell him let’s go to the hallway and close the door when it hit, just that quick,” said Gladice Hair.

The Hairs have been married for 52 years. They said they thought they had seen everything, but that was before Friday’s tornado tore through their yard, their barn and their home.

Hair said she was on one side of the living room and her husband was sitting on the other side when the tornado ripped through the space between them.

“I said, ‘Thank you Lord that we’re both OK,’” Hair said.

Members of the family’s church, neighbors and the sheriff’s department rushed to help the Hairs.

“They were inside the home when the storm came through, and they were able to walk away,” said Sheriff Joey Dobson. “As I walked in there a little while ago, Mrs. Hare offered me some orange juice.”

There were no reports of injuries in Baker County. The Red Cross has opened a shelter in Lake County at the Windfield Community Center, which is located at 1324 Windfield Road. The Baker County shelter that was opened earlier in the day has been closed.

Source: News4Jax

I had to add a new category for that one, “Don’t That Beat All”. The news reports showed a hole slap through the center of their house with the roof blown off and the bricks in a demolished pile, with both sides of the house relatively intact where the man and woman were located.

The destruction of their home was terrible, of course, but that both of those people was spared is just, well, miraculous.