The 'best' wind I ever experienced was 12 or 14 years ago...it was our first visit to the West Country,and we decided to take a drive down to Land's End....this when the UK was getting hurricane-force winds in October. My ex and 10-year old daughter decided to get out of the car to have a 'closer' look at the waves crashing on the rocks...damned lucky they were not flung into the sea. Meanwhile-I waited in a car that was quite literally rocking from side to side.
THe best thunder&lightening is in NYC...viewed from the top floor of an apartment block......