How to adapt to Windy Homesteads?

Long story short, I've been working on some dailyish themes and one of them is weather. I had the realization that some places in the world experience more windy conditions than others. The first question that came to mind is, how would I have to adapt to more frequent wind conditions? Then the idea for this thread arrived to me, and here we are!

For those who live where wind is a frequent factor, how does it factor in your daily lives and what permaculture-related things have you done to address it? Are there benefits to a breezy place? How much of a factor is it for you anyways?

Where I have located homesteads, it has always been well protected by trees and always on the upper east side of a hill. I find I am more protected from winds and flooding.   In my present location I have had at least one tornado skip over me. And , at least once, I have found myself living on an island,

We live near the bottom of a steep south facing slope on a mountain range that runs east to west. During the hottest parts of the summer, the air at the top of the mountain cools significantly as the sun goes down, then sinks and falls down the slope, bringing a very welcome cool breeze at a time of year when it is exceptionally welcome.

When we realised that this was a regular occurence, we put a window in the back, north facing wall of the house so that we could open it the moment the outside air cooled to below the temperature indoors. When all the windows in the house are open, the cool air rushes straight into the back of the house and carries hot air out through the front. Putting that cool breeze to work to cool the interior of the house overnight means that the house takes longer to warm up during the day allowing us to cope with the hot summers here with no air-conditioning and using almost exclusively passive methods to keep the temperature within comfortable limits.

My other half tells me this sort of wind is known as a katabatic wind.

Here's an image from the wikipedia page to show how it works...

Evergreen trees, hills, mountains, really big heugal mounds, partly or fully buried homes.

Wind is definitely one of the factors in my area. Due to our coastal location we have fairly high average wind speeds of about 15mph and usual winter storms can be up to 80 or 90mph. I don't usually worry too much unless the forecast is above 70mph. Because we get this all the time, the houses and trees are accustomed, and we don't see the damage that occur with these windspeeds further south in the UK.
When I designed the tree field I designed in thick windbreaks as I wanted to protect my coppice trees when they regrow. I made them multispecies and parallel to the prevailing wind direction. There are lots of factors to consider in the windbreaks, and my ideas have changed over the years. When you get really strong winter winds (as we do) but mainly want to protect crop growing (or tree regrowing in my case too) then evergreen trees are not neccessarily the best choice. They will be more vulnerable to damage in winter. My soil gets saturated and the trees can pull out of the ground with high winds due to root die off. Deciduous trees, as they lose there leaves in winter, are less likely to have this problem.
Shelter from winds is more important here than sun exposure for crop growing, and you can see how the local sheep appreciate a bit of shelter when we get a bit of a storm. Our summer daylength is pretty long, so I guess this helps. I also need to be aware of what I have left lying around - tools and plant pots don't stay put! Buildings and fences need to be built with windloading in mind and Scotland has special building regulations for wind and rain, particularly in roofing.
Apart from possible use in electricity generation, other benefits are keeping the dreaded Scottish midges away, drying things (if it comes without rain!) and superb conditions for flying kites

That photo speaks volumes!