My Toggili Barometer and hurricane prediction

My father came to own this little vintage Toggili Barometer and Thermometer house from his aunt and uncle. I'm not sure where they got it from. This little house sat on the shelf at our lake house for years and it did a great job in predicting the weather.

While we were cleaning out the house in preparation for selling it I wanted to keep the little house as a reminder of our time at the lake and of my father. I brought it home and put it out on our three season porch and the little girl stood out indicating good weather even on a few raining days. I was concerned that moving it had caused it to stop working correctly. On Sunday prior to Hurricane Sandy's arrival I noticed the little man had swung out of the house. Low atmospheric pressure indicates that stormy, rainy, windy weather is on the way. In the case of a hurricane the lower the atmospheric pressure the more intense the storm, and Sandy is now the storm with the distinction of having the lowest recorded pressure readings at 940 millibars.