Well...where I live there's no high rise buildings...sooooo hmm....not sure about that.  Would be great if the high winds where I am actually resulted in some rain as we're experiencing a really bad drought so all it results in is things drying out even further and the fire risk getting higher.  A friend who runs a dog rescue just up the road aways almost lost everything due to a brush fire started by Sparks from a lawn mower starting.  Their neighbor DID loose their home from it!  The fire line came all the way up to their back porch.