Originally Posted by FlashBazbo

ksryder, I lived in Pratt, KS for 10 years and Sterling for several months. Wind country. I didn't consult the Weather Service, but our rule of thumb was that the wind always blows 15 mph in central Kansas. Always -- so 15 mph is not a windy day in Kansas. It's baseline. A windy day is 30 mph plus -- and it's not an unusual day. And because of that, in central Kansas, buildings easily survive 50 to 60 mph straight winds without any damage at all. The days that frightened us were the days with no wind. In central Kansas, a "calm" wind means the tornado is just about to strike.

My two most memorable wind days were in Kansas. Long, torturous, endless, 30+ mile straight pulls into 32+ mph winds. Not dangerous. But unrelenting. Evil.