This Myth is BUSTED

It is typhoon signal #3 over Metro Manila.  It is pouring outside and the winds are still quite strong.   

We were having breakfast when a strong gust of wind blew.  MyGirl asked why the window was still open.

I answered with total and absolute conviction, "So that the roof won't fly off."

GI and RD laughed.

"It's true,"  I said (still convinced that I had learned this somewhere when Signal #3 meant I could stay home and enjoy the weather from the comfort of my home).

"I don't think so,"  GI said.

"Then why is there another window open there,"  MyGirl asked.

"So that the wind will have somewhere to exit,"  I explained.

GI and RD laughed even louder.

"So the roof won't fly off,"  I insisted.

When MacGyver and Z surfaced for breakfast, I mentioned my theory and they likewise laughed and shook their head in disbelief.

(Doesn't anybody believe me?  I'm sure I heard that theory from somewhere!)

Since the storm had taken out our internet connection, I had no way to validate my theory.    I was hoping to find another sibling that would corroborate my theory.  Or google keywords to see if I was right or wrong.

GI teased me when I told him that both his dad and his aunt had laughed at my theory.  He mocked me, "Closed window, flying roof theory -- BUSTED!)

Well, the internet is back up.  And well... OK ... I admit it ... I was wrong.  Apparently, having a window open during a hurricane or a typhoon is actually more dangerous.  So I guess we're keeping the windows closed from now on.