Pop up in Storms

[muelldawg]

A few years back in Texas "Northerly", I spent the night holding on the slide-out poles. I was lucky they did not bend.
Anything over 30 mph was a long night for us. In a few "blows" we opened everything up to allow the wind to pass through.

[BarbaraFaith]

We've been through some pretty nasty thunderstorms in our PUP. One time, it wasn't to terrible windy, but it rained so heavily that I would have to go out every 10 minutes or so, and push a broomhandle against the awing to get the bucket or two of rain that would collect there.

[cv60cat2]

Originally Posted by BarbaraFaith

We've been through some pretty nasty thunderstorms in our PUP. One time, it wasn't to terrible windy, but it rained so heavily that I would have to go out every 10 minutes or so, and push a broomhandle against the awing to get the bucket or two of rain that would collect there.

I had that happen to me om my first trip. Not knowing any better, I left the awning out on a rain storm. Water collected on it and it came crashing down! The fun part was getting out of the camper, the awning got wedged against it. Bent a few poles broke one, and my tool bag caught most of the water from the awning. Forgot to mention, had a new drill inside the bag! Still, it was fun to go camping while learning about what to do and what not to do depending on the weather.

[Heady]

I was in a storm with my Coleman Bayside, wind was coming from every different direction push and pulling the canvas. I was sitting there watching the roof move around swaying in the breeze just wondering how much more the lift cables were going to take. Thank god I didn't have the awning out. The next morning, most of the tents were flat or blown over, I found out the winds were in the 50-60mph range. The pup handled it well, I was a nervous wreck just waiting for the roof cables to let loose.

It was scary, but educational on just how much these pups can take.