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What about a tornado?

I'm pretty high right now.

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It would create more of a barrier for wind and water to get caught in which could result in much more structural damage. My understanding is you WANT the air to flow through a house unabated in both situations as it would remove the instances of areas of very different air pressure which would result in essentially an air explosion.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

So if there is a tornado coming, should I run around opening windows?

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 18 hours ago
[-] 4am@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

Kind of - you’ll also get wind uplift if you have openings in those situations.

this post was submitted on 30 May 2026
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