科普：龍卷風(fēng)來(lái)時(shí)，要不要打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)？

龍卷風(fēng)馬上就要來(lái)臨了，你正身處溫暖舒適的房屋里，你只有幾分鐘的時(shí)間做些什么來(lái)防止龍卷風(fēng)可能帶來(lái)的傷害。你是應(yīng)該打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)來(lái)讓屋內(nèi)外的氣壓達(dá)到平衡，防止窗戶(hù)的炸裂;還是應(yīng)該緊閉窗戶(hù)，趕緊躲到你認(rèn)為最安全的地方去?

Before we answer the question, let's talk a little bit about tornadoes. Whirling, stormy twisters create a path of unholy destruction everywhere they go. Dervishes with so much pressure built up that they pop open houses like so many tight seams, and rip roofs off buildings. Do you see what we're getting at here?

在回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題之前，我們先來(lái)談?wù)匌埦盹L(fēng)吧。它們帶著暴風(fēng)雨急轉(zhuǎn)著向前進(jìn)，只在身后留下一條毀滅之路。龍卷風(fēng)的氣壓太大了，它們會(huì)將房屋外墻擠出一條條裂縫，然后直接掀起房頂。那么我們?cè)谶@里得到什么了嗎?

Tornadoes aren't going to calm down when they encounter an open window. They're going to blow right through it and never look back. But of course, that's the short answer to the question. Where, exactly, did we get the idea that opening up a house to equalize pressure in a tornado would work? And is there some other strategy that might help?

所以，當(dāng)龍卷風(fēng)遇到一扇開(kāi)著的窗戶(hù)時(shí)，它們并不會(huì)因此平靜下來(lái)。它們會(huì)直接穿過(guò)去，將房屋摧毀。我們到底是從哪里得到這樣的想法：在龍卷風(fēng)中打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)來(lái)平衡壓力是有用的?

First off, you weren't just hearing old wives' tales. It really was the standard wisdom for a while that the extreme pressure of a tornado would less affect a house if you opened it up, to allow equalization between outside and in. The thought was that if you left your windows closed, the low pressure of the twister would cause the higher pressure in the house to push out.

首先聲明一下，這不并是老太太的無(wú)稽之談。在比較短暫的時(shí)間里，龍卷風(fēng)所帶來(lái)的極端壓力不會(huì)對(duì)房屋產(chǎn)生影響。如果此時(shí)你打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)，可以讓外部氣壓和內(nèi)部氣壓保持平衡。提出“打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)來(lái)平衡壓力”的人們是這樣想的：如果你關(guān)上窗戶(hù)，龍卷風(fēng)帶來(lái)的低壓會(huì)導(dǎo)致房屋里的壓力增大，最終這些壓力將會(huì)把房屋撐到炸開(kāi)。

Now, when this theory was actually put to the test? Researchers found it didn't hold up. Leaving windows open actually caused the force of the tornado to push up on the roof of the house, while the gusts of the twister lifted the roof. Open windows and doors, in other words, resulted in an airborne roof .

但是當(dāng)這個(gè)理論真正接受考驗(yàn)的時(shí)候，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)這種情況并不成立。打開(kāi)窗戶(hù)會(huì)將龍卷風(fēng)的力量集中到房頂上，然后房頂就會(huì)被龍卷風(fēng)掀起。換句話(huà)說(shuō)，如果你打開(kāi)了窗戶(hù)和門(mén)，你的屋頂會(huì)被更快地掀起。

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. 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.

龍卷風(fēng)所帶來(lái)的低壓系統(tǒng)太強(qiáng)大了，不可能和房屋內(nèi)的氣壓“平衡”，如果它通過(guò)開(kāi)著的窗戶(hù)或門(mén)進(jìn)入房屋內(nèi)了，你就只能祈禱了。所以當(dāng)龍卷風(fēng)來(lái)臨時(shí)，不要浪費(fèi)時(shí)間去打開(kāi)門(mén)或者打開(kāi)百葉窗，你只需要在房屋里找到一個(gè)安全的地方，蹲下來(lái)等待就好。