When to pull in slides or evacuate with wind?
When do you become concerned about wind and what do you do about it? I am not talking about hurricanes warnings when we would obviously move! How much wind is too much for an RV?
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We've been in 70 - 80 mph winds blowing against the curb side of the motorhome during a freak 20 minute storm, what the national weather service called a Macroburst Storm. The camper didn't move (we use stablizes on each corner of the house, not the frame).
The only reason I brought the curb side slide in was because I was worried about tree branches failing on top and damaging it. We had large, downed branches all around the camper, but fortunately none hit the camper.
Edited to add:
If we had received accurate warning from the National Weather Service, we all would have evacuated for that storm. The wife and kids were tired of being in the camper during thunderstorms (this was the 4th storm in a week), so they left. I stayed with the camper. The NWS was calling for a severe thunder storm. No mention of high winds and certainly no mention of a "Macroburst". We were without power for 5 days after that storm. Took the county about 4 months to completely clear up all the downed trees .
-Michael
The only reason I brought the curb side slide in was because I was worried about tree branches failing on top and damaging it. We had large, downed branches all around the camper, but fortunately none hit the camper.
Edited to add:
If we had received accurate warning from the National Weather Service, we all would have evacuated for that storm. The wife and kids were tired of being in the camper during thunderstorms (this was the 4th storm in a week), so they left. I stayed with the camper. The NWS was calling for a severe thunder storm. No mention of high winds and certainly no mention of a "Macroburst". We were without power for 5 days after that storm. Took the county about 4 months to completely clear up all the downed trees .
-Michael
