Can Hurricane Pressure Cause Roof Damage Like It Does to My Skin?

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Hurricane pressure can create significant differences in pressure on roofs, similar to how it affects skin. The high wind velocity over a roof leads to low pressure above and high pressure below, potentially causing roof damage. However, the human body, being mostly incompressible water, would not experience explosive decompression in the same way. Concerns about lung issues arise in extreme pressure changes, such as in space without a suit. Overall, while roof damage from hurricanes is a real concern, human skin does not react in the same explosive manner.
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Would the pressure on my skin, try to explode out, just like a hurricane and a roof, in which the high velocity over the roof causes low pressure ontop of the roof and high pressure beneath the roof?
 
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You might have an issue with your lungs depending on how you came to be in space without a space suit, but that aside, since your body is mostly incompressible water, it would not explode.
 
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