Recently here in MT we've been having horrendous winds. Its driving us all nuts, but, besides being a nuisance and pushing people towards the edge of sanity, it seems to make it hard to control the fire in my wood stove. We don't have a damper. what we use to control the burn is a thermostat on the door of the stove. usually I can get the fire going and turn down the thermostat and the fire stays buring fairly steadily. It seems with the wind lately (45-50 mph, with gusts around 65-70) it almost stokes the fire itself!! I have to turn the thermostat way down for the fire to settle down and if the wind dies down then the fire temp drops! I'm a little nervous about loading the stove at night, setting the thermostat and leaving it because I feel like it could take off with the wind at night! aaahhhh... would a damper being put into the stovepipe solve this problem maybe? or any other advice anyone has for me??? thanks a ton