Here in Akureyri we experienced almost no storm, even though the entire country was listed as having a code orange.

Low pressure outside and high pressure inside; the same reason people get sucked out of airplanes if they open the door while in flight. In New Orleans where they have lots of hurricanes, I think they open other windows a little bit to level out the pressure. You might look into that for your next windy time. Have others in Iceland experienced this same window popping event?

So glad you guys are ok.

Love how you tell your experiences lovely! Talking about the windows had me cracking up laughing 🤣! Cause People in Iceland must be used to the strong winds lol your face!

Jewells, Its interesting to listen to you explain your brush with mother nature. You give it a more intriguing twist to the story line. It was funny seeing your contractor standing on a chair to fix the ceiling. Hope everything will work out after all. Did the Insurance cover the wind damage? Mano (Baltimore)

Oh that's why i came home to a broken window!

Oh my gosh, that's crazy! It's too bad there isn't a parking lot video showing it happen that would be very cool to see. I'm so glad there wasn't any additional damage…just wow, you got so lucky!

That's remarkable! Yes, I would love to hear more stories about unusual (or remarkable) things that happen in Iceland or are related to Iceland.

My first thought was a mini tornado. Happens in places outside of tornado alley, USA.

Oh my gosh! That could have been so much worse with all your cool stuff exposed to the elements. Glad that you and your things are okay.

I’ve heard about Iceland’s fierce winds. Coming from Southern California, we have winds that can push over trucks on overpasses. But no windows have ever been sucked out!

Has reforestation of Iceland helped to slow the serious wind situation?

What a blessing – no one was hurt and no damage to your things! When we lived on the base, we had some military aircraft get blown around and the Marines used to escort kindergartners to school when it was bad. The saying was that the fence around the base was to stop the kids from being blown out into the lava fields 😂

Girl wind is one of my most feared effects of nature. I live in a desert and the monsoon storms scare me. We’re only talking about 75 mph winds. I can’t even imagine your winds 😳 . Very interesting though 🥰

That was a really good story of life in the North which people in the the West generally don't recognize. I lived in Greenland for a year (I am Danish) and not much wind in that area. But now and the a major storm came up, and it was so windy that I had to cling unto poles and what ever to stand om my feet. Most people think that it is just another fishermans story.. All the best, 🙂

Elves protected your apartment <3

OMG! I would say you were lucky!!!

Enjoyed your story time. 😀

Wow! What a wind story. Thanks for the warning. Hope it calms down when we visit but so glad everyone was safe and caused no damage to your belongings. When we built our house we were told by the architect that when we got hurricane warnings (June thru November) in Hawaii , to open our front windows a little and the back windows so that the air could pass through. We used to always tape our windows in an X so that the glass wouldn’t shatter too much.
Best wishes on the progress of your new place.

I think he lied lol.

this girl is so cute

At first I read this as "Look what Icelandic WINE did to our apartment," and I said, yeah, I can relate to that.

Thanks for clearing that up!

Love your stories 😊❤️

I love you Jewels! I'm so glad you and Gunnar are safe.

it was perhaps open due to the paint drying? good nothing came inside – you are so lucky 💚👍

It's like a tornado….. negative pressure…… Glad no major damage!

Love the story times. Looking forward to seeing the before and after vlogs of your new place

I know the feeling of wanting to stay indoors durng an Icelandic storm! I once drove to Stykkishólmur in the west of Iceland and stayed in an apartment next to the hospital. We were warned of a storm approaching. The snow storm with strong winds lasted for three days. Nobody was allowed to leave their home because it was too dangerous. I was on the first floor of the building but couldn't see outside because of the snow drifts. I had never experienced anything like it. When the storm passed, I heard that people were arriving at the hospital on skis and in snowmobiles. When I finally went outside, the snow plows had been out and some of the snow drifts were well over twenty feet. The worst part was when the snow started to melt. Looking forward to seeing you move into your new home!

It must have been a downdraft! Almost like a tornado. We had one that came thru our street yrs ago. I could have sworn a tornado came thru the area (same distruction) but when the meteorologist came thru they said a "down draft"!! The wind comes down hard & spreads out. Tops of trees were missing, roofs missing or destroyed. It was wild. Glad no damage to furniture & other things moved into the apt. Enjoyed the story time

You are so AMAZING, great story…..MORE PLEASE

Wow! That's interesting. You had some tornado force wind. I'm from Florida but lived in Oklahoma a number of years. Tornado wind will pick up and move mobile homes, roofs off of houses, houses, cars, cows, etc. They always tell you on the news not to go near the windows. And what happened to your window is an example of that. I'm glad that no one was hurt and there was no damage to your belongings. I hope the remodeling of your apartment goes well. Stay safe and many blessings to you and your loved ones.

Yes loved hearing your stories ❤ stay safe 🥰..

😮😲😳😱😱😱 Oh Jewels…!!! I am glad no one or thing was injured or worse.

I would like to hear about the process of buying an apartment. In the USA (as you know) we rent not buy apartments. Are those apartments similar to condominiums in the USA, but are called apartments all over the world except the USA? Thank you.

Please inform your viewers that Icelanders don't have terms like hurricane, Tornado and like that. At least when I lived in Iceland we just called it bad weather😄

Wow! Unbelievable that the window AND frame got sucked out. Never heard of that except in tornadoes as you mentioned. Thank goodness there was no additional damage. BTW, congrats on the new apartment. The more stories the better.

Wow! The last time I was Iceland, there was a storm that cancelled all flights to N America. We didn’t know until we got to the airport. We decided to go to the hotel across the road from the airport. We literally couldn’t walk across the street, it was so windy! The hotel was a 3 minute walk away🤷🏽‍♀️ We had to take a taxi to cross the street. Iceland wind is no joke! 💨

Thank God there was no further damage, and yes, I'm interested in more storytime videos!

Yes to stories. I enjoyed this. Thanks!

That was a lucky escape really, could have been a lot worse! The wind knocked me off my feet at Vik once, it is serious stuff.

I remember seeing a complete roof on Miklabraut next to kringlan a few years ago.

I'm so glad that y'all didn't have any further damage in spite of the situation! Love the story time Jewells!

very likely that someone left window open somewere in the apartment that created the pressure and blow out the window
there is nothing else i can think of that culd do that on the opposite side of the storm

i landed in KEF once in december just before the very start of a blizzard. Like a genuine everything on road.is is red blizzard and on silly enough to be on the road is moving at 10km/hr because you cannot see past your headlights. Somehow made it to Blue lagoon (thankfully I actually know the roads a bit) and the winds in lobby sounded like they were going to rip the window out there! I was never so happy to pay for a hotel room in my entire life. And will likely never stay in that nice a place ever again! 🤣