It can be draining both physically and emotionally. We get Santa Ana winds here in Southern California and they can be brutal. They blow from the east , and , with very low humidity , they can cause sinus related headaches as well as dehydration, not to mention eye hazards even with the best fitting glasses. The wind can gust from a sustained force of about 20mph to well over 50mph in a short period of time. My normal riding takes me from my home in Santa Paula(about 20 miles from the beach) to the coast off Ventura , California and then after a tour of downtown a straight line east, directly into these winds when they occur. I have more than once called my wife for a ride home. I do not fight them any longer.