There's a reason for all those windmills in that San Gorgonio Pass - it's said to be the ninth windiest place on the planet.
Footnote - the Santa Ana winds don't affect that area. They start funneling down around San Bernardino and the passes to the north and west of there.
That's where I was. West on I-10 at the off ramp to Yucca Valley and 29-palms. I learned what "venturi effect" meant big time.......