On Feb 17, 5:07 pm, Blanche wrote:
Winds on Thursday & Friday reached over 100 mph in the foothills.
We don't use salt, as a rule, on the roads. Ice slicer and a
combination of fine rocks. Add to this the everyday, run-of-the-mill
rocks and gravel kicked up on the roads, and it's normal to replace
the windshields every 2-4 years (I'm due this year. Last change
was in 2004). Get these winds, a few hefty rocks, and
a new windshield sooner than expected.

KDEN is surrounded by empty fields (for the most part), which means
lots of "stuff" in the area that is kicked up by the winds.

Boulder is a town just north of Denver, right at the foothills, which
are steep and abrupt.
Sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, a windstorm from the west blew
out nearly all of the front and back auto windshields in a parking
lot. IIRC it wasn't debris, but the wind itself. It gets to howling
there some times.

Probably nothing to do with the current situation, though. I'd have
to think that a wind that strong would also bend the airplanes up a
bit.