Early January my older brother and I met up in Vegas to ride to Death Valley, and the first day we were supposed to ride there was a nasty wind/rain storm. We were on 160 heading out towards Pahrump, so the road was really busy. Luckily, the wind was blowing towards the shoulder, but that meant that since we were correcting for it, everytime a truck went by we'd be sucked into the lane.

Anyway, my brother got blown off his bike off into the dirt. The winds were a sustained 50-60mph, and we had heavy packs, panniers, and a trailer, which made balancing tenuous at best.