boxed as in u s pat no 5 957 186 the planks of the rolling shutter systems can be oriented horizontally so they will roll down from a storage point above the door or window or they can be oriented vertically and can be rolled to cover a door or window from a stored point along one side of the window frame or door frame similarly the accordion style of shutter system uses planks that may be thinner but which are hinged in accordion fashion they are typically split so that one set of accordion planks is affixed to one side of a window for instance and the other set is affixed to the opposite side of the window and when extended they met approximately in the middle of the window for the purposes of the present invention the look out portal may be fitted to any shutter system that employs a planking or surface that will allow it to be installed in use the storm shutter look out portal 20 of the present invention is affixed to a shutter system 10 by first cutting out a through hole in the shutter system the through hole needs to be of a size that will allow the portal 54 zone of the look out 20 to extend through thereby bringing together the frame 22 and the exterior frame 56 in engagement as seen in fig3 the engagement occurs where the exterior frame inner edge 72 encloses the frame body 60 in something akin to a telescoping fashion the space that is left between the exterior frame face 58 and.