Open Windows And Doors During Tornado
A better defense is covering openings with reinforced plywood so air flows over not into the house.
Open windows and doors during tornado. Many people near a tornado tell of their ears popping due to the pressure change. Researchers found it didn t hold up. That s usually out other windows or doors or through the ceiling or roof. Opening the windows is absolutely useless a waste of precious.
Leaving windows open actually caused the force of the tornado to push up on the roof of the house while the gusts of the twister lifted the roof. Opening windows allows damaging winds to enter the structure. The idea of opening windows and doors in the event of a tornado an effort to equalize pressure is a waste of time noaa said. Leave the windows alone.
Open windows and doors in other words resulted in an airborne roof source. Opening a window brings in high pressure air which then must escape. The other argument that opening the windows on one side of the house and not the other might cause more internal air pressure is also false. Windows should be opened before a tornado to equalize pressure and minimize damage.