Hey, I just wanted to get the feedback from this esteemed forum regarding tent camping and how everyone deals with the BAD weather. For years, we would camp and not even use a rainfly because there was no chance it would rain. However, now it seems all it does is rain when I camp.
Dont get me wrong, for the most part, we are extremely prepared for inclimate weather including high winds. My family and I are experienced at camping in the south where extremes seem to be the norm. The part that is starting to naw at me is the constant storms that roll thru whatever campground I seem to be camping at. I am talking "frog stranglers" not just typical summer thunderstorms. The kind that dumps 1-2 inches of rain in a hour or so.
Take this past weekend...the weather report said 20% of rain on Friday and my campground got 2.15 inches in a lil over and hour. No big deal, we stayed dry and the kids took a nap after a 6 mile hike. On Saturday, another 20% and my campground got 1.39 inches (these amounts were posted at the rangers station) in a 45 minute storm with winds that gusted to 40mph. Thats over 3.5 inches of rain in lil over a 24 hour period.
This marks the 7th, yes, the 7th strainght time I have camped in either heavy thunderstoirms of heavy snow! :eek: It has become sorta a inside joke within my family.
I guess my question to this forum is how often do you guys deal with bad weather? I seem to be a lightening rod for my area, pun intended, when it comes to bringing bad weather. My camp stayed dry except for my bright idea of relocating our dining canopy. During the worst of the storm the water was runing through our dining canopy about 6 inches deep. Only thing that got wet was the screen that surrounds it but I felt pretty stupid for not realizing I "moved" the canopy to the lowest point in my freakin camp...:D
Please tell me others are dealing with these heavy storms and it just aint me. Dont get me wrong, mother nature wont discourage us from camping. Heck, we are use to it by now but I sure would like to have just one 3-4 day camping adventure without the added burden of dealing with heavy rain and high winds. Thanks for allowing me to vent. I am now going outside to put the finishing touches on my "camping Ark".
Dont get me wrong, for the most part, we are extremely prepared for inclimate weather including high winds. My family and I are experienced at camping in the south where extremes seem to be the norm. The part that is starting to naw at me is the constant storms that roll thru whatever campground I seem to be camping at. I am talking "frog stranglers" not just typical summer thunderstorms. The kind that dumps 1-2 inches of rain in a hour or so.
Take this past weekend...the weather report said 20% of rain on Friday and my campground got 2.15 inches in a lil over and hour. No big deal, we stayed dry and the kids took a nap after a 6 mile hike. On Saturday, another 20% and my campground got 1.39 inches (these amounts were posted at the rangers station) in a 45 minute storm with winds that gusted to 40mph. Thats over 3.5 inches of rain in lil over a 24 hour period.
This marks the 7th, yes, the 7th strainght time I have camped in either heavy thunderstoirms of heavy snow! :eek: It has become sorta a inside joke within my family.
I guess my question to this forum is how often do you guys deal with bad weather? I seem to be a lightening rod for my area, pun intended, when it comes to bringing bad weather. My camp stayed dry except for my bright idea of relocating our dining canopy. During the worst of the storm the water was runing through our dining canopy about 6 inches deep. Only thing that got wet was the screen that surrounds it but I felt pretty stupid for not realizing I "moved" the canopy to the lowest point in my freakin camp...:D
Please tell me others are dealing with these heavy storms and it just aint me. Dont get me wrong, mother nature wont discourage us from camping. Heck, we are use to it by now but I sure would like to have just one 3-4 day camping adventure without the added burden of dealing with heavy rain and high winds. Thanks for allowing me to vent. I am now going outside to put the finishing touches on my "camping Ark".
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