Eli5 when it’s windy outside why does the water in toilets swish a little bit?
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It’s the air pressure outside. To have air move at all, you would have to stretch and pack it a little. Think about it: open a window – now how would you get the air out? Either you’d push it out from inside, or you’d stand outside and yank it out somehow. Either way, you’d have to stretch it in some places, and in other places you’d stuff it. The same happens when it’s windy. The wind will pile up air in some places, and it’ll have to come from other places for that, so that there be will places where there’s too little air, and places where there is too much. The way things are, given the huge areas involved and all, this little “pressure” (and it is really little, on the order of mbar) is enough to move other stuff. And this is what happens with the watertable and any other “body” of water. Like the water inside pipes. Since air is everywhere, it squeezes or stretches all pipes, too. They’d give way a little, and this would make the water flow around inside. You can try it with a garden hose. When you stand on it, water will come out at the ends.
You can’t stretch this, though. You could try, but i don’t think it would be any fun.
It’s the air pressure outside. To have air move at all, you would have to stretch and pack it a little. Think about it: open a window – now how would you get the air out? Either you’d push it out from inside, or you’d stand outside and yank it out somehow. Either way, you’d have to stretch it in some places, and in other places you’d stuff it. The same happens when it’s windy. The wind will pile up air in some places, and it’ll have to come from other places for that, so that there be will places where there’s too little air, and places where there is too much. The way things are, given the huge areas involved and all, this little “pressure” (and it is really little, on the order of mbar) is enough to move other stuff. And this is what happens with the watertable and any other “body” of water. Like the water inside pipes. Since air is everywhere, it squeezes or stretches all pipes, too. They’d give way a little, and this would make the water flow around inside. You can try it with a garden hose. When you stand on it, water will come out at the ends.
You can’t stretch this, though. You could try, but i don’t think it would be any fun.
So basically the earth is a flat disc. The wind is when we are moving faster through space, much like the wind in a car when you roll the windows down. This causes water to swish around much like accelerating in a car. Next time you go to a lake or ocean when its storming, pay attention to how much the water moves around. Round earth people can’t explain this, Flat earthers know that the wind is not powerful enough to move the ocean, it is simply the earth accelerating through space.
So basically the earth is a flat disc. The wind is when we are moving faster through space, much like the wind in a car when you roll the windows down. This causes water to swish around much like accelerating in a car. Next time you go to a lake or ocean when its storming, pay attention to how much the water moves around. Round earth people can’t explain this, Flat earthers know that the wind is not powerful enough to move the ocean, it is simply the earth accelerating through space.
So basically the earth is a flat disc. The wind is when we are moving faster through space, much like the wind in a car when you roll the windows down. This causes water to swish around much like accelerating in a car. Next time you go to a lake or ocean when its storming, pay attention to how much the water moves around. Round earth people can’t explain this, Flat earthers know that the wind is not powerful enough to move the ocean, it is simply the earth accelerating through space.
ALTERNATIVE ANSWER: Many have mentioned the pressure difference due to wind across vent pipe, but there is another factor that can contribute. If you live on upper floors of a high rise, it will sway in the wind. Usually a couple inches, up to 1-2 feet during heavy gusty days.
Oh boy, I know myself well enough to know I’ll be checking the terlets next time it’s gusty.
Oh boy, I know myself well enough to know I’ll be checking the terlets next time it’s gusty.
Oh boy, I know myself well enough to know I’ll be checking the terlets next time it’s gusty.
ITT OP has a weird vent pipe or sewer grate and thinks other people do too. Breh we’ve never seen what you’re talking about in our lives. But obviously you know whats going on since you connected the two things in your headline.
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