Open Windows And Doors During Tornado

Leave the windows alone.

Open windows and doors during tornado.

Cracking the windows could even cause a house to explode. 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. That s usually out other windows or doors or through the ceiling or roof. Researchers found it didn t hold up.

A better defense is covering openings with reinforced plywood so air flows over not into the house. 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. Many people near a tornado tell of their ears popping due to the pressure change. Opening windows allows damaging winds to enter the structure.

It is now believed that a solid structure no windows or doors open has. Open windows and doors in other words resulted in an airborne roof source. Opening the windows is absolutely useless a waste of precious. Opening a window brings in high pressure air which then must escape.