Fearsome wind

[jethrien]

The wind is whipping around our building so hard that it's creating a pressure differential that's causing an inside closet door to sway.

Comments

[cubby-t-bear.livejournal.com]

Unless you're feeling the pressure differential yourself (pressures that cause doors to move are perceptible), this may be a case of resonance driving from the *sound*. The howl of the wind has several harmonics, and it only takes one reasonably close to the frequency of your closet door.

[jethrien.livejournal.com]

In this specific case, I was pretty sure it was a pressure differential. It was tangible. We've always had some problems with leaky windows, which is why the bedroom windows get stuffed with handtowels in the winter and we have insulating curtains.