Cass wrote in news:080720031950517945%
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In article , J. Del Col
wrote:

From what I could see last night the worst hit were my R. moyesii and
R. xanthina. They used to be BIG shrubs; now they are modest bushes.

Ah well, the roses will probably recover, but the garden layout will
never be quite the same.

Recover, hell! They'll probably grow like demons just from a hard
prune. So...you got more sun, right? And it missed the house? Whew.
Those of us in earthquake country feel lucky sometimes. What's with
this microburst I keep hearing these days? We don't have them or not
often enough to know any better.

I don't think they're common in California. Here's a page describing them:

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jax/events/windshear.html

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