2012 Summer Trip Day 15 - Storm

[Lone Star Rider]

Camped out at Evangola State Park, Irving, New York. A Storm came through around 1:00 AM woke me up with some rain hitting my face.
I readjusted the tarp to keep me dry. The wind & rain got worse and I was hanging on for my life. The hammock was swing like crazy and I had no place to take cover.

I later found that there were tornado's in the area. I feel lucky!

Video: http://youtu.be/kU1m_bVKwB0

Photos: http://tinyurl.com/93ydlfj

[sunshower]

The same thing happened to my husband & I last Sunday night- we were up in Northern NH and a storm came out of nowhere at 1130pm... drenching rainstorm that reminded me of those foul pop up storms in FL that i grew up with. Our poor dogs woke us up dripping wet. My hammock was swaying back and forth. Once out of my hammock, i was in ankle deep water. And our tarps were hung with the ends directly into the storm. Needless to say we upgraded our tarps to the Superfly with Doors.

[2ply]

Glad you survived the storm. Always a leaning experience.

[holantr]

Wow sounds very scary. I'm not looking forward to my first bad storm in a hammock.

[Lone Star Rider]

I will be upgrading my tarp.

[SilvrSurfr]

I will be upgrading my tarp.

My first night in my HH Expedition with stock tarp, it rained five inches. I stayed dry as a bone because it was straight down rain.

Then I spent the night in a light, blowing rain and got soaked. Bye-bye, Hennessy stock tarp.

[Lone Star Rider]

My first night in my HH Expedition with stock tarp, it rained five inches. I stayed dry as a bone because it was straight down rain.

Then I spent the night in a light, blowing rain and got soaked. Bye-bye, Hennessy stock tarp.

Yep, the Hennessy stock tarp will be replaced. Also I will be checking weather reports when I stop for the night.