diff --git a/assets/js/components.js b/assets/js/components.js
index ab82b53..1961121 100644
--- a/assets/js/components.js
+++ b/assets/js/components.js
@@ -909,14 +909,15 @@ export function ScopeReticle({ value, cat, loading, elev = 0, dt = new Date(), g
       const fx = fxRef.current;
       ctx.clearRect(0, 0, w, hgt);
       // Wind — base speed with random gust pulses ramping up to gust speed.
-      if (fx.wind > 3 && Math.random() < 0.006 + fx.wind * 0.0006) gustPulse = 1;
-      gustPulse = Math.max(0, gustPulse - 0.012);
+      // gustPulse snaps to 1 on trigger then decays quickly so gusts feel punchy.
+      if (fx.wind > 3 && Math.random() < 0.005 + fx.wind * 0.001) gustPulse = 1;
+      gustPulse = Math.max(0, gustPulse - 0.022);
       const effWind = fx.wind + gustPulse * Math.max(0, fx.gust - fx.wind);
-      const hv = fx.windH * effWind * 0.22;            // horizontal px/frame
+      const hv = fx.windH * effWind * 0.5;             // horizontal px/frame
       // Wind particles — faint horizontal streaks drifting across the lens,
       // stretching and brightening during gusts.
-      const windTarget = fx.wind > 1.5 ? Math.min(4, Math.round(fx.wind * 0.35)) : 0;
-      while (winds.length < windTarget) winds.push({ x: Math.random() * w, y: Math.random() * hgt, r: 1.4 + Math.random() * 1.2, spd: 0.7 + Math.random() * 0.6, ph: Math.random() * 6.28 });
+      const windTarget = fx.wind > 1.5 ? Math.min(6, Math.round(fx.wind * 0.45)) : 0;
+      while (winds.length < windTarget) winds.push({ x: Math.random() * w, y: Math.random() * hgt, r: 1.6 + Math.random() * 1.4, spd: 0.7 + Math.random() * 0.6, ph: Math.random() * 6.28 });
       if (winds.length > windTarget) winds.length = windTarget;
       if (winds.length) {
         ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(236,243,251,' + (0.22 + gustPulse * 0.22).toFixed(3) + ')';
diff --git a/data/.htaccess b/data/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a42882
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deny from all
diff --git a/data/tracking.json b/data/tracking.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fad780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/tracking.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "2026-06-07": {
+        "visits": 1,
+        "profiles": {
+            "showall": 1
+        }
+    }
+}
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