Re: Explosive decompression - how fast?

Erik Max Francis wrote:
> Nothing, I'd say.  The ability for explosive decompression to push 
> people around is usually exaggerated.  Your results sound qualitatively 
> like I'd expect -- it'd budge her a little at first but very rapidly the

> ambient air pressure would drop to the point that it wouldn't have much 
> of an effect.

That's interesting, because it appears to conflict with the usual 
description of explosive decompression on aircraft: even a fairly small 
hole in e.g. an airliner at altitude, will cause everything that isn't 
nailed down - including people who aren't strapped into their seats - to 
be quickly sucked out the hole. Is that description simply inaccurate, 
or is there a difference in the cases that I'm missing?