wind tunnel

[bearfinch]

Just recently the building I work in was connected to a new building next to it, and the connection seems to be causing some odd air flow problems. With no warning, a roaring gust of wind will start running down the hallway, towards the new building, powerful enough that it rattles objects in the halls and causes doors to shut, and scatters and

Comments

[dewittar]

That's freaky. The high-rise next to our offices causes gale force winds. People will sometimes have to create a human chain to keep from being blown away. But inside the building? That would weird me right out.

[bearfinch]

Well they figured it is connected to a pressure dis-balance between the connected buildings coupled with an envelope of negative pressure created abound one building when the wind blow the right direction. The current work-around is to prop the doors between each open, which seems to equalize the indoor pressure.