I remember those Phoenix winds well. Those UK originals are great for the summer heat, not so great in a monsoon wind.

Danger zones are at barriers like that - a door...I also have to watch it at automatic doors, like at the supermarket...the sudden air pressure exchange can do wild things.

For some real kilt lifting fun stand near a pick up truck on a windy day - you get both the wind hitting the truck as a barrier and the wind coming under the truck to somehow provide a lift.

I've paid more attention to how women in skirts cope with the wind and sometimes up here, on what they call the 'windy mesa', they just put their hands straight down at their sides and gather in any slack until they get out of the wind.

You know you're in trouble when the bottom of your kilt apron is plastered to your face by the wind...

Someone who understands sailboating could proabably write a pretty good book on kilting in the wind.

My favorite kilt in the wind adventure was in Albuquerque, in front of a hotel restaurant, tables next to the window inside, me outside in my basil UK survival II which had previously withstood helicopter rotar wash with ease...I never dreamed there'd be one of those sidewalk upvents like in New York City and Chicago...but there was. Fortunately, I couldn't see the diners since my kilt was up in my face...just kept on walking and avoided the grate on my return trip.

I imagine there are people still telling the story about the time the guy in the kilt walked by and the updraft hit him....

Hmmm, this is an old thread..did I already tell this story....sorry.....??

Ron