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The flag is completely passive, it doesn't react to the winds force by leaning into it, but simply responds to its force. Imagine a similarly passive, tree-shaped structure placed out into the wind, leaving off the foliage for clarity.
If the wind were sufficiently strong, the branches might appear something like this, a response to the wind we will call "flagging."
You might see a tree of this type developing under the influence of relentless, persistent wind form a single direction.
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