shooting in rough weather

Seems like I'm on this a lot today. Anyhow, yesterday I was shooting in wind gusts up to 60-70mph. The 5x7 stayed in the truck. It was chilly & miserable, but the clouds over the water of Great Salt Lake were great. Blowing salt water(33% mineral content) is a killer on gear here. So a couple of questions. How to protect gear in 'rotten' conditions? Then, what are the weather conditions you guys & gals find nearly intolerable for photo work? I go out every time it looks really bad because when it 'breaks' it can be spectacular plus no one else is out then. So what kind of conditions keep you from going out to shoot? Thanks

Conditions that usually keep me in are:

 

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1. Noon day sun.

2. When the bugs seem to have developed a taste for toluene.

3. Pouring rain.

4. Family matters

 

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However, there have been and will be exceptions to the above. If the subjects are available and cooperating practically nothing will keep me in (except #4).

Dan and Bill,

 

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I just returned from a two-week trip shooting bristlecone pines in California and Nevada. The only thing that kept me from shooting when I wanted was bad weather. It rained in the White Mountains of California from July 15 through 17, but I managed to get some excellent shots between showers. About 6 p.m. on the 14th I drove back to the Patriarch Grove in the Bristlecone National Forest. A shower had just passed, and the sun was casting a soft, golden glow through the thin western clouds. I parked my truck and hiked about one-quarter mile to a tree I wanted to shoot. Just as I was ready to set up, I saw a flash of light behind the mountain and immediately heard thunder. I didn't care how good the light was, I wasn't about to muck around with lightning at 11,000 feet. I hurried as much as I could at that altitude and got my self out of there. BTW, my son and I saw sleet and snow on the way back to the Grandview Campground.