[Carl in Tampa]

Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa
Opening windows inside of a house is for tornadoes, not hurricanes. An approaching tornado brings a low pressure which causes houses to explode outward from internal air pressure.

Simply have food and water, and be prepared to live without electricity for a few days.

Originally Posted by tuccillo

Don't bother, it is a myth and scientifically doesn't hold up. The pressure difference isn't enough.

I love science. I also love experience. It's kind of like theory versus practice.

Several years ago my wife was home with our young son. She heard the tornado coming. She saw it coming. She felt a pressure building up in her ears.

She opened the front room jalousie windows. She heard the air hissing out as she did. She felt the air pressure in her ears lessen.

She saw a part of the roof of the house across the street fly up into the air. A part of the roof of the house next door flew up into the air. Our house was undamaged.

I recall that for decades science said that the Bumblebee was aerodynamically incapable of flight. Not knowing better, the Bumblebee flew anyway.