Did Mother Nature Lift Your Kilt?

[philbo]

My only full-blown experience was in NYC, wearing a utilikilt. It wasn't exactly mother nature at work, it was the subway system, and I happened to be standing on one of those ventilation grates in the sidewalk, right above the subway. Well, when the train goes by, underneath the streets, gusts of air blow directly upward out of these ventilation grates, and...

I just kept walking as if nothing happened. Of course, knowing New York City, nobody probably paid any attention.

[cessna152towser]

The wind the wind the naughty wind,
That blows those kilts so high,
But God is just,
And sends the dust,
To blind the wicked eye.

[646guy]

I was walking from the office one day after changing into my kilt after hours and was heading down to a rugby party when (and mind you not mother nature but it was a big gust of wind) the back of my kilt went flying up as a subway train went rumbling by under the grate I was walking on. I didn't really feel anything moving in the back prior to the big gust but as soon as it hit, it was Marilyn Monroe city....

[davedove]

I'm sorry, but all these stories just make me think "One time, at kilt camp, ..."

[jjoseph]

Alright, I hear a lot of you guys talk about the wind catching your kilt and sending it up. I also hear reams about how kilts are heavier than women's skirts.

I have not had a wind catch my skirt up for more than maybe six inches my entire life. And I wear a skirt of some sort about once a week. And let me tell ya fellas, they are much lighter than yours. But it doesn't happen quick enough I'm not aware of it.

Well.... most kilts have a lot more surface area than a typical women's skirt and they aren't cylindrical like skirts. Once a corner or two blow up, it's like a pleated sail unfurling! And without the smallish diameter at the bottom of most skirts, it's off into the wild blue...

So if you've actually had your kilt lifted by Mother Nature herself, before you could stop it, please post here, and let us know exactly how it happened. Because I'm starting to think the overwhelming worry and eternal handwringing is nothing more than, if you'll excuse the pun, a bunch of hot air.

Cars and buildings in the Texas wind means updraft:

Entering the record store. No great embarassement there.
Entering an Italian restaurant, date on arm.... a bit more blush.
But the killer was in front of an old lady by my car in front of a religious book store. The poor old thing was genuinely offended even though I dropped my purchase to hold the pleats down by hand before any real exposure had occurred.

It really is the UPdraft though. I can hit the park for disc golf in a good breeze w/o a thought. Store entrances or between parked cars are serious danger zones though.

[Southern Breeze]

I can report that I had a full on Marilyn Monroe event 2 hours ago at the post office. Judging from the clapping and whistling, it was well witnessed.

[possingk]

I have only been hit with two really bad ones, the first was in a remote part of nothern NY state, while pumping gas on a windy day, the car I was driving and the gas pumps created a wind tunnel, no problem it just pushed the kilt up against me, that is until I opened the car door which made the wind swirl and the kilt to go up to my shoulders. Luckily the wife was inside and no other cars around for miles. The second one was in from of city hall, the air conditioners there are under ground, and we all know what happens when the kick on.

I can hit the park for disc golf in a good breeze w/o a thought. jjoseph

Another disc golfer that is great.

[MacMullen]

I have not had a wind catch my skirt up for more than maybe six inches my entire life. And I wear a skirt of some sort about once a week. And let me tell ya fellas, they are much lighter than yours. But it doesn't happen quick enough I'm not aware of it.

Never had a kilt lifting myself, but, I'll never forget, driving with my parents through downtown Mankato, MN when I was age 12, a woman was crossing the street in front of our car and I witnessed the wind lift her skirt up to the level of her face! Fortunately for her, she wasn't regimental. It did make quite an impression on me at that age (btw, the skirt was blue). After that, my teenage self always kept a hopeful eye out on windy days, but never did see such an event again.

[cessna152towser]

A Scottish heavyweight kilt shouldn't lift much unless there is a very strong updraft and should normally preserve modesty. A lightweight polyester kilt is a different matter and being a non-traditional kilt there is no justification for wearing such a kilt regimental. Clean underwear is an essential accessory for lightweight kilts.

[Canuck]

Another disc golfer that is great.

Count me in too
I got introduced to the sport on my recent trip to Hawaii....what fun! I'm hooked! Disc golfing in a kilt is great...working on an apron to clip on my kilt to hold the discs....

Ooops a little off topic...I've had a gust lift the back end of my leather kilt...but that was a hurricane gust ;)