Interesting papers on Tower failure and specs I was reading tonight. Surprisingly low standards for mountain tops. I wonder how much rime ice played a part.
Here ya go freak
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/marshallshepherd/2016/02/20/tale-of-two-wind-stories-148-mph-colorado-wind-gust-and-the-venturi-effect/amp/
Well yea 90 mph out of the se will trump any 55 mph nw gust anytime but gusts were near 60 pretty far inland. Not arguing but that storm certainly was more damaging even way inland as shown in the PNS reports