I knew a woman who had been raised in Los Angeles who was always uneasy when the wind rose. In her case it was because she associated strong winds with California’s Santa Ana wind, which is a strong, dry wind from the Sierra Nevadas to offshore. Because these winds start during the dry season and bring even drier air from the mountains, they have a strong correlation to forest fires in California. (As a sailor I always appreciate weather, and have a particular regard for strong, steady winds, and a respect for storm winds, so her reaction always interested me.)
When I knew her she had lived in New England for a decade and a half, where we have no similar history of forest fire – and no corresponding dread of winds that might fan them. Here the wind is mostly associated with storms (east winds) or with cold fronts bringing cooler air from the west – good weather, in other words.
So when the high pressure cold fronts move in with good weather, that often liberates some personal energy, and storms – well, they have their own mystique.