holstein13
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Here I am at Anastasia State Park in St. Augustine, FL and have enjoyed a beautiful cloudless day at the beach and downtown. When I got back to the RV, I checked the weather and noticed that there is a tropical storm bearing down on us and it will hit early in the morning with heavy rains and wind gusts up to 54 MPH.
So I packed everything away and have my getaway plan settled for tomorrow morning.
What disturbs me a bit is that I am surrounded by tent campers who seem blissfully unaware of the calamity that is about to strike them. I've told the ones I've seen to watch out, but there are hundreds more who are in for a rude awakening.
On the one hand, I sympathize with their plight, but on the other hand, I feel as if they should take precautions and try to stay alert to the weather.
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Francesca Knowles
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I'm continually impressed with tentcampers- nothing seems to phase them.
I was at Potholes State Park a couple of years ago, and everybody knew there was a big wind-and-rainstorm blowing in. The tenters went to bed as usual and perhaps predictably were up about 4a.m. packing things up and scrambling for their cars...
I felt pretty smug, all dry in my trailer- but I also remember all the fun we used to have back in the day when camping meant going up against whatever Mother Nature threw at us!
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If it wasn't for a big rain storm and getting soaking wet I never would of gotten a RV. Wife said That's it no more "camping in a tent"
Maybe natures way of getting new RV'ers?
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Veebyes
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I would not sweat Beryl much. Wind gusts of 45 is no big deal. It may be a rain maker. Let the tenters have fun. Button up the RV & listen to the rain upon your roof. Very relaxing.
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mdock2
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The campground is in the trees, they act as a windbreak. Now, if you were in the open, I might a little. This storm is coming at us different than normal. Most storms come up the coast, this one is coming down the coast. With that being said, it's a toss-up as to just what it's going to do. The beaches north of you have been closed, so expect the same at the park in the morning. Listen to your weather radio, (u have 1 right?), and heed the instructions of the rangers, and they will take care of the tenters. FYI, I'm about 30 miles west of you in our unit, so I'm watching the weather close also.
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Quote:I'm continually impressed with tentcampers- nothing seems to phase them.
I spent the most miserable night in my life while backpacking in the High Sierras. A classic high altitude summer rain storm parked right on top of us all night long.
If it wasn't for backpacking presenting no other choice, I'd never again do tenting (well maybe for the grandkids a FEW times!).
It's motorhomes all the way for us now - I even HATE having a leak in our our rig. 
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We are at the Low Key Hideaway in Cedar Key and are actually looking forward to a storm coming through. We really need the rain and it will be fun watching it from the Tiki Bar right on the gulf.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone.
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holstein13
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Veebyes wrote:I would not sweat Beryl much. Wind gusts of 45 is no big deal. It may be a rain maker. Let the tenters have fun. Button up the RV & listen to the rain upon your roof. Very relaxing.
Accuweather says that wind gusts will be 85 MPH at 8:00 this evening. I won't be sticking around to see what happens.
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mdock2
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Have you checked the national weather website. All the warnings are saying 30-40 mph with 50 mph gust. 80 mph winds are hurricane force winds, and NOTHING i've read or heard have came close to those winds.
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Crowe
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If it wasn't for a big rain storm and getting soaking wet I never would of gotten a RV. Wife said That's it no more "camping in a tent"
Maybe natures way of getting new RV'ers?
LOL! Hubby and I camped for years (even on our honeymoon) and continued when my son was born. When he as a toddler we had to bail from our tent at about 5 a.m. because we go caught in the tail end of a hurricane in Virginia. The weather service had COMPLETELY missed the forecast on that one. So then we moved to pop-up #1, then pop-up #2. After getting caught in a fierce windstorm in Nova Scotia while waiting for the ferry to Newfoundland (which got cancelled and we never made it) we decided that hardside was the way to go. Henceforth the 5'er and then the Endura. Yup, Mother Nature is in cahoots with the RV industry for sure!
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