I don’t believe 190mph either
The destruction just isn’t there. Of course they play games...so maybe the winds were higher up somewhere in the atmosphere.
Yes. The mountain crest west of Tahoe.
Check out Ventusky. Lists Mono Lake (site of “High Plains Drifer” at 90 mpg gusts.
https://www.ventusky.com/?p=37.996;-119.136;11&l=gust
Maybe there was a tailwind?