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Post by marshalldylan1 on Jun 22, 2007 19:33:57 GMT -5
Did anyone see any Tent's flying? Right when it started to thunder, I watched my neighbor nail down everyones tent so they wouldn't blow away.
Luckily are tent was staked in good, but I did see a few unfortunate people's tents go flying. I was wondering if anyone else saw some, or maybe it happened to you?
"When I was 4 years old, they tried to test my IQ. They showed me a picture of three oranges and a pear. They asked me which one is different, and does not belong. They taught me different....is wrong." -- Ani Difranco
my neighbors flew away sat. afternoon but not because of weather, it was those damn helicopters they flew over grisswald very low all afternoon sat. and it was freaking me out @@
We didn't see any tornadoes but a tarp over in the RV section across the road was half tied down so when the wind kicked up before the thunder it came undone on one side and sort of shot up in the air making a whole bunch of noise and it looked really funny. Like the wind was blowing from under the tarp making it go up - very interesting.
The two guys camped near us had made a makeshift shelter using some 2x4's and a tarp clamped to the top. The wind knocked it down and they were convinced when they got back this drunk guy that had been hanging around at their site earlier and gotten angry and knocked it down.
Post by tok4nug2nati0n on Jun 24, 2007 10:27:31 GMT -5
Ahah... the helicopters were ridiculous when I was fungucizing. I was sort of like "Oh.... okayyy... giant locusts... *shifty eyes*??"
Then I thought the giant crane that the guy was working on the shroom fountain with was some kind of creature. That thing really freaked me out. It was like a dinosaur, only... like barney??? Yet it was one of those booms.
When they come to take you down When they bring that wagon round When they come to call on you and drag your poor body down Just one thing I ask of you, just one thing for me Please forget you know my name, my darling sugaree Shake it, shake it sugaree, just dont tell them that you know me
Post by layingblames on Jun 24, 2007 19:04:07 GMT -5
thefrp said:
I saw one take off Thurs afternoon, but not a bunch like I saw in 06.
AH! in 2006 i was telling my campmates that i thought staking down tents was silly. and it was right about that time that a tent sailed over us, about 200+ feet in the air. didn't see any this year, but you can bet that as soon as we were set up, i was staking in every possible stake we had. i didn't want to be all dorothy in wizard of oz!
definitely had a few good chuckles as tents around me went end-over-end. i'm surprised it happened to anyone... the wind was kicking pretty good when we rolled in on thursday and i would've thought anyone who wasn't already out of their mind would have immediately seen the benefit in staking everything down.
Maybe I'll throw myself to the dogs, but my back's not to the wall Maybe I'll lay some bricks for the man, but the days just aren't that long So if I settle back and chill will I see far enough to feel the angel's dream? I thought it was the Story of the World!
Post by bamadancer on Jun 25, 2007 12:10:48 GMT -5
None this year, I made damn sure my friends staked everything they could down. I saw way too many tents fly away in 06!
Also, if I had a dollar for every helicopter that flew over our campsite...I'd be rich...I think we were camped right by where they were taking off from.
Post by swannylax14 on Jun 25, 2007 12:15:03 GMT -5
i saw one flying... on i think sunday or saturday. over by my camp... camp allison reynolds.
i think that was sunday...we saw it too. it actually tried to grab our shade tents but we had them staked, not to mention everyone's reflexes were MUCH quicker than expected and grabbed on when they started to lift off.
My tent was securely staked, but my Coleman 15 ft sunshade nearly came up when the rain hit on Friday. I had 2 tarps hanging down from it on the Eastern side, and they acted as sails in that wind. I stood there the whole time, holding on to the roof structure, to keep it steady.
I know our neighbor's shade umbrella flew right out of the ground and over our heads... I know I saw other flying objects but I'm not 100% they were tents. It was amusing though because I heard the wind coming and thought to myself "tent tornado...?"
I didn't see any, luckily we got our tent staked down just in the nik of time! I dont know why it wasn't already staked down though... But I guess thats another story
I had the most awesome pleasure of being nailed by a flying shade cover! Only got my arm, but geesh did it sting. It was in Camp Scott Evil on Sunday early afternoon. The dudes were tearing their camp down and it just slipped out of their fingers and headed straight for us.
Made us laugh pretty hard...being at that exact spot in that exact moment...priceless.
here is a pic of a tent some 200 feet of the ground. It sucks for those who come back and find their shelter is gone, but that is why tents come with stakes. <a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/2092/img7524ao5.jpg" border="0" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us"/></a><br/>Shot with <a href="http://profile.imageshack.us/camerabuy.php?model=Canon+PowerShot+SD20&make=Canon">Canon PowerShot SD20</a> at 2007-06-27
