Recalling the basic formula from physics, F = ma , we realize that the force of the wind, as compared to its speed, roughly speaking, increases exponentially.We're oversimplifying it a bit, but for rough-and-ready field purposes, we can estimate that if one wind is two times the speed of another, then its force is two squared, or four times, as great as the force of the lesser wind.
A wind ten times as fast as another is ten squared, or one hundred, times more forceful than the lesser wind.
Yes, Greg says you're right. Now, tell me what that means, in practical terms, in relation to tonight's storm.