Can a wind blow so strong to knock you off your feet?

How strong does wind have to be to knock a person off their feet?

  • so i remember my grandpa telling me the story of the Great Hurricane of 1938. And he told me that when he looked out the window he saw a guy was holding onto the telephone pole and the firemen trying to get him down. He said if the guy had let go hed be blown away, How much does wind have to be for lets jsut say an adult needs to be knocked away

  • Answer:

    Around 70mph gust of wind can knock a person off their feet.

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