Wind you say?

[cruisinTX]

Yesterday I went for a short ride on my sport bike then shared it on a couple of Facebook pages; one with this text:

"Despite vicious winds most of the time, searing heat in the summer, blowing dust, unpredictable heavy snows; there are days like today where I can ride in late November here the Panhandle."

I included the first picture here of today's current weather conditions along with the one posted yesterday. It is an example of that "vicious wind" mentioned. This is a pretty regular occurrence here in the Tx Panhandle, and people wonder why I get a chuckle out of it when they complain about 20mph winds.

Naturally, it's not wise to intentionally drive anything with two or three wheels in these heavier winds. Sometimes, however, you have no choice. There was a time when I was in college and my car was broke down so I had to drive my Honda 450 to and from work every day for a couple of weeks. During that time I had three days of very intense winds with up to 70mph gusts blowing 90* across my route. Then there are days when you hope you can trust the weather guys to be accurate; bad idea. Before I retired 18 months ago, I would ride the bike to and from work as often as possible and occasionally would get caught off guard. I recall one day when the forecast was calling for moderate temperatures and 15 to 25mph SW winds, (90* to my route). By the time I left work, those winds were gusting over 50mph. Needless to say, days like those raise the pucker factor.

[Saluda]

Don't know if it's just me but the wind in general seems to be on the increase in our area.

[canamjhb]

I bought my 2014 RTL and trailer used in Tulsa, OK the 1st week of May, 2017. Found my way to I-60 and followed it all the way home. (I live about 3/4 mile from 60 in Mesa, AZ). When I picked the bike up, there were tornados in Oklahoma. Crossed into the panhandle and had lunch at the first little town and the waitress said it blew over 60 MPH all day the day before I was there. I was ONLY in about 40 MPH winds at 90 degrees. That kept up for over 1,000 miles. Miserable GD trip. I hate wind but glad to be on the Spyder instead of my Goldwing.....

[ARtraveler]

Everything else is on the rise weatherwise. Winds would not surprise me.

When we did the Badlands on our Venture in the 80's, we encountered 50 plus mph crosswinds. We actually had to lean into the wind to keep from being blown over. A respite at Cedar Pass Lodge was welcomed that day.

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

During that time I had three days of very intense winds with up to 70mph gusts blowing 90* across my route.

A bit of info for anyone who gives a rip. Instead of using * for a degree symbol if you hold down the alt key and press 2 4 8 you'll get a degree symbol like this °. At least you will with most code pages. Those are the data tables that define what each key displays in text.

[Joe T.]

A bit of info for anyone who gives a rip. Instead of using * for a degree symbol if you hold down the alt key and press 2 4 8 you'll get a degree symbol like this °. At least you will with most code pages. Those are the data tables that define what each key displays in text.

Humm, didn't work for me. But, I'm senile - - - -

[cruisinTX]

A bit of info for anyone who gives a rip. Instead of using * for a degree symbol if you hold down the alt key and press 2 4 8 you'll get a degree symbol like this °. At least you will with most code pages. Those are the data tables that define what each key displays in text.

Now that--is some useful information (for those who give a rip ) I need to figure out a way to remember that when I need it. ° teehee it worked.

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

Humm, didn't work for me. But, I'm senile - - - -

If you're using Windows try Alt-0176. If you go to Windows Accessories one of the options is Character Map. When you click on it it'll show what character map is loaded in your PC. If you click on a letter or symbol it'll show down at the bottom the Alt key sequence or other key sequence you can use for that character.