Opening windows allows damaging winds to enter the structure.
Open windows and doors in tornado.
A long standing tornado myth states that if you open windows during a tornado it will prevent the roof from being blown off.
It is now believed that a solid structure no windows or doors open has a better chance of escaping major damage.
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What if you are out in the open and a tornado approaches.
A tornado is much too strong to equalize with the pressure of a house and if it wants to let itself in through open windows or doors you better believe it has an aggressive way of doing it.
For years the advice has been if you are in the path of a tornado you should open your windows but is this true.
There s another myth that says you should only open north facing windows.
It s really a matter of simple physics.
Instead of wasting time running to unlatch locks or open shutters get yourself to a safe place in the house hunker down and wait it out.
I m not sure where these myths originated but they are both pretty silly.
Opening the windows is absolutely useless a waste of precious.
Watch the small video to the left.
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.
Better open the windows.
Should you open your windows during a tornado.
The weather channel meteorologist jen carfagno answers the question should you open you windows if a tornado is approaching.