Judith I grew up with that kind of wind. Not necessarily in the winter time, but in the panhandle of Texas that wind blows 70 to 80 mph on a daily basis, from February till June. Along with it is blowin sand.......it'll dern sure sand blast yer legs.....sometimes you can't get the car door open to get out, can't the the door to the buildin your goin in open to get in......Brings to mind a day I had to walk to school. Mama sent an umbrella with me cuz they weren't gonna be home to get me from school and she was afraid it'd be rainin when I got out. Well it was........and I tried to use the umbrella...I really did. I think I was in second grade....well on my way home.....several times with that wind blowin like it was.......that umbrella lifted me off the ground. Finally skeered that I'd blow away, I just let the umbrella go and ran on home. Boy did I get chewed out good n proper for turnin the umbrella loose......to just blow away. I tried to explain to mama why I'd done it....but it didnt do much good, she was still mad at me for loosin the umbrella. I told her, "I AM NOT Mary Poppins"