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Old 08-27-2011, 01:18 PM  
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Originally Posted by Harmon View Post
By placing it all over the windows, it is supposedly going to make plate glass act like safety glass. Under pressure, and breaking it would have a better chance to stay in one piece rather than explode into a million eye slicing pieces.
Contrary to popular belief (and a frantic rise in the sales of these items before a hurricane hits), taping a home's windows with masking or duct tape does nothing to protect them. The windows will still break, with the tape doing nothing to impede the process. It's questionable that either sealant will even keep broken glass from dispersing, says the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH).

http://www.snopes.com/science/hurricane.asp
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