Originally Posted by DrIsotope

I know this is the internet, so all the time is "hike up your trousers and spin a yarn time," but really guys? Heading out in sustained 40mph with 60mph gusts? Hear that sound? That's the sound of the Improbability Meter exploding. By the Beaufort Scale, 40mph is gale force. Those gusts at 60mph are strong enough to uproot trees and cause structural damage. That magic 60mph/100km zone is where Typhoons form over water. Dial it back a little, guys.

I live in a convergence of mountain passes. We get some days of 40mph winds, and trucks have to pull over, there are accidents, freeway signs get blown over. I rode one day of 20-25mph winds with gusts to 40, and it was absolutely miserable. Just awful. Not again.