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Subject: C6) During a hurricane are you supposed
to have the windows and doors on the storm side closed and the
windows and doors on the lee side open?
Contributed by Chris Landsea
No! All of the doors and windows should be closed (and
shuttered) throughout the duration of the hurricane. The
pressure differences between inside your house and outside in
the storm do not build up enough to cause any damaging explosions.
(No house is built airtight.)
The winds in a hurricane are highly turbulent and an open
window or door - even if in the lee side of the house - can be
an open target to flying debris. All exterior windows should
be boarded up with either
wooden or metal shutters.
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