It is not the winds exactly. Winds plus power line problems canned disastrous wild fires. So Cal Edison admitted that certain fires started that way, which lead to lawsuits, so now Edison downs power in high risk weather to prevent those fires.
At least one fire has been caused by someone with a new back up generator, bought because of these power outs. Other fires still happen, started in other ways.
But surely Tiff would have experienced a power outage.
Such of you don’t know how to use a generator, you might start a fire. Happened a few months ago when we had crazy high winds and fire danger. So Calif Edison has been used over some destructive fires that involved their lines, so now they turn off the power in high risk areas.
This resulted in lots of newbie generator owners and one of them caused a brush fire in Orange County CA.
It can get a lot colder at night.