In the news, more accidents are caused by wind these days. What a load of nonsense.

These people who put out such statistics forget about population growth. With population growth it is inevitable that percentages of everything will increase.

Hey does anyone remember when, in Wellington, on the corner of Taranaki Street and Courtney place, they used to install a rope system for people to hold onto while waiting to cross the road due to so many people being blown over and into traffic.

The Wellington wind is nothing like it used to be. I bet through the 50s and 60s when roofs were regularly torn off in howling gales, especially in Roseneath up in the hills, the percentages of injury per population were much higher than they are these days.

Alastair Bourne