My understanding of the world changed when I realized that wind was a response to changes in barometric pressure.

I used to think that the wind was air that wanted to travel to a different location. When I realized that air was simply responding to changes in pressure, my understanding of the globe changed dramatically.

Barometric pressure explains phenomena like roofs popping of sheds during a storm. The outside wind does not pick up the roof. What happens is the pressure outside the room changes in relation to the pressure inside the room and the roof pops off.

!WINE