Sorry, it doesn't make any difference. There simply isn't enough pressure difference to cause an explosion. It is actually the time rate of change of pressure. This has been debunked for ages. Your ears will pop (i.e. sense a pressure change) with remarkably small differences in pressure. The roof flying off of one house and not another is not proof and is not a controlled experiment to prove a point. You can actually construct an argument that opening the windows will aid in the removal of your roof. The bumblebee story is actually another piece of urban myth.
There are lots of urban myths and scenarios that people construct that would appear to make sense but in reality just aren't true. It is never a question of "theory vs. practice". It is a question of whether it is actually true. One of my favorites is that a golf ball won't fly as far when it is humid because the air is "thick". It would seem to make sense and I am sure there are lots of people who believe this and swear by it (i.e. when it is humid I always need to take an extra club) but it isn't true. In reality, a golf ball will fly farther in humid air than dry air, albeit the difference is typically negligible.
Quote:
Originally Posted by 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.
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.
|