Well what do you know…

Chuck Klosterman and I had the same observation about a certain highway sign in New Mexico.

Klosterman, in a pretty hilarious 2005 Esquire profile of Val Kilmer:

“The drive to Santa Fe on I-25 is mildly Zen; there are road signs that say, GUSTY WINDS MAY EXIST. This seems more like lazy philosophy than travel advice.“

And here’s me, after Day One of my 2007 cross-country road trip:

“There’s a sign that appears regularly along I-40 in New Mexico. It reads “Gusty Winds May Exist“. I find that unusually philosophical for a highway warning.“

Of course, Klosterman spun a better joke out of it, and effectively used it as a wraparound for the whole piece. But that’s why he makes the big bucks.