jmcquown wrote:

I have to wonder about eople who snicker at 75-80MPH winds. Trust me,
you don't want to be outside (much less on a beach) when the wind is
blowing that hard. Perhaps a better term would be gale force wind. I
wouldn't be outside in that, either.

Jill ---who lives in a U.S. hurricane area

CBS News last night showed a segment from Brussels where people were
actually being knocked over by the high winds! (That's a pretty bad
storm, what does it matter what you call it?)