Many people near a tornado tell of their ears popping due to the pressure change.
Open windows and doors during tornado.
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.
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 a window brings in high pressure air which then must escape.
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.
Windows should be opened before a tornado to equalize pressure and minimize damage.
Open windows and doors in other words resulted in an airborne roof source.
If a tornado s winds are strong enough to hurl a car hundreds of feet through the air and scour asphalt off the road then your windows being open or closed won t make the slightest bit of difference.
Opening the windows is absolutely useless a waste of precious.
Researchers found it didn t hold up.
Leave the windows alone.
Cracking the windows could even cause a house to explode.
A better defense is covering openings with reinforced plywood so air flows over not into the house.