Baffles

Wind traveling at high speed is not any different in behavior than flowing water. Creating sloping earth berms or concrete baffles taller than any structure that you want to protect can be somewhat effective. It would be like creating an above ground "hole". The top of any structure may need to be reinforced, the baffling would probably need to be at least 25% higher than the structure with at least the same amount of baffle to structure distance (dead space) to allow eddy currents to dissipate and/or be redirected. This would be similar to what you would see to protect coastal areas from heavy tides and storms.

If you build next to a cliff, a grooved earth berm would work effectively. By grooved, think of a curve on a race track, now think of what a normal trajectory of a race car would be through a curve without a driver. It would curve somewhat before it goes over the wall. That trajectory, or close to it, would be the type of grooves to be dug or etched into the baffle. This type of redirection is what Viktor Shauberger (known as the water wizard) used in creating "negative resistance" in logging plumes to send heavier than water timber down a mountain.

Offered by Steve.