{"id":482226,"date":"2025-12-31T11:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/482226\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T11:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:03:22","slug":"new-york-mom-sent-flying-in-the-air-like-a-kite-by-70-mph-winds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/482226\/","title":{"rendered":"New York mom sent &#8216;flying in the air like a kite&#8217; by 70 mph winds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Strong gusts of wind across upstate New York on Monday were forceful enough to blast trees out of the ground and people off their feet, according to videos and reports.<\/p>\n<p>Shocking footage captured Diane Miller, a resident of Hamburg, being swept off her feet as winds climbed to up to 70 mph when she opened the door of her daughter\u2019s house,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wkbw.com\/news\/local-news\/i-went-flying-snow-and-strong-winds-lead-to-some-dangerous-close-calls-in-wny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> according to WKBW.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt happened so quickly, I couldn\u2019t believe it was happening,\u201d Miller told the outlet. \u201cNever in a million years did I think I would go flying in the air like a kite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.31958763;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38058377\" width=\"779\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www-wkbw-com-news-local-118040512.jpg\" alt=\"Person blown over by wind into a bush next to a snowy sidewalk.\" class=\"wp-image-38058377\"  \/>Shocking footage captured Diane Miller, a resident of Hamburg, being swept off her feet as winds climbed to up to 70 mph when she opened the door of her daughter\u2019s house. Nest<\/p>\n<p>As she opened the screen door, a gust knocked her down the steps and sent her careening into a bush, the clip showed. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI opened her door, and the wind caught me, and I went flying,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never experienced a storm with this much wind. That\u2019s why I didn\u2019t anticipate getting thrown in the air.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.47763348;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38058378\" width=\"872\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/www-wkbw-com-news-local-118040511.jpg\" alt=\"A person being blown over by strong wind while sitting on outdoor steps covered in snow.\" class=\"wp-image-38058378\"  \/>As she opened the screen door, a gust knocked her down the steps and sent her careening into a bush. Nest<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Gall, a worker who installs shower jacuzzi systems, was also nearly hurt when wind caused a tree to collapse onto his work truck moments after he stepped outside of it in South Buffalo. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t help but think if I was standing in there, I would be crushed,\u201d Gall told the outlet. \u201cDon\u2019t ever take a day for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople underestimate the power of the wind,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you actually experience it, it\u2019s hurricane force, it\u2019s nothing to mess around with, I can tell you that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/29\/us-news\/dangerous-winter-weather-may-become-bomb-cyclone-over-great-lakes-as-300k-already-lose-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">powerful storm system walloped<\/a> much of the Great Lakes and Northeast on Monday, placing upwards of 40 million people under various winter weather alerts.<\/p>\n<p>A wind gust recorded at the Buffalo Airport on Monday reached 79 mph, nearly shattering the 82 mph record from Feb. 16, 1967, <a href=\"http:\/\/Feb. 16, 1967\">WIVB4 reported. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Strong gusts of wind across upstate New York on Monday were forceful enough to blast trees out of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":482227,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,96321,8071,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,67,586,132,5230,8073,68,1154,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-482226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-buffalo-new-york","10":"tag-extreme-weather","11":"tag-metro","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-upstate-new-york","23":"tag-us","24":"tag-us-news","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115813850525878332","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}