Suppose I get one of those text messages, like the Icelandic authorities send to travellers:

> ...Wind gusts could reach speeds that are known for blowing cars off the road and even pulling up the tarmac! 45-50 m/s, 112 mph or 180 km/h can be expected in some areas!...

Suppose I've been out for a long time already, and this system was too far away when I left.

And suppose I'm here:

[![Svartakvísl, central Iceland][1]][1]  
Svartakvísl, central Iceland.

Nowhere to hide.  No building within 24 hour walking.  No caves.  I might be able to reach a canyon, but I have no clue if that's a safe place to hide.  Perhaps it will funnel the wind, or perhaps the wind may be associated with flash floods or landslides.

What can I do to be OK?  Is this a moment to call for emergency helicopter rescue (obviously BEFORE the storm hits)?

NB: I have read *https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/8550*, but that question talks about 25 m/s winds.  I might consider sheltering in a very good and very well-pitched tent in 25 m/s wind gusts.  Not so when wind gusts may be up to 50 m/s.  I am not confident the answers there are wise for winds such as presently occurring in Iceland.

  [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/g13Vq.jpg