We don't get wind here
I think the record for the town is 50mph wind. Normally the wind is maybe 1-2mph at best and before a storm we might get 5-10mph wind.
I don't really have a plan for when a barrel gets old enough to leak but I figure I can get an easy 5-10 years out of them if I make sure they are coated well with undercoating or something else similar.
But before I can do any of it I have to get caught up on all the other random work that needs done around here. Really I probably won't get started trying this out till spring.