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.
Open windows and doors during tornado.
Windows should be opened before a tornado to equalize pressure and minimize damage.
Opening the windows is absolutely useless a waste of precious.
Opening windows allows damaging winds to enter the structure.
It is now believed that a solid structure no windows or doors open has.
Cracking the windows could even cause a house to explode.
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.
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.
Researchers found it didn t hold up.
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.
Many people near a tornado tell of their ears popping due to the pressure change.
That s usually out other windows or doors or through the ceiling or roof.