I made a rookie move... Always tip your awning at night!

This is a bit embarrassing but if I can help save someone else some trouble, please learn from me. I consider myself to be a pretty seasoned camper. I've been camping with several different types of campers (popup, hybrid, TT) for the past fifteen years and have always known that when you turn in for the night, you always drop one side of the awning in case of rain. Last week we spent an awesome week in Wisconsin Dells at a wonderful KOA. Lets just say I was relaxed and I got lazy. Friday night was our last night and there was no rain in the forecast. I've left the awning up when no rain was expected before and I knew I would be fine. Well folks, the weather forecast was wrong...therefore so was I! We slept great with the fan on and never heard a thing. The first thing I notice when I walk outside to take the dog out is the awning sagging from the middle. I knew at that point I had made a huge mistake. So my first thought was, lower the awing and get the water off. I proceed to walk to the inside of the awning bracket and pull the lever to lower the awning. I guess it was too early for my brain to process just how heavy that water is and how much water is there. When I pulled that lever and attempted to lower the awning slow, the awning support came crashing down the slide raking my chest with the handle throwing me back toward the camper. My awning proceeds to dumped biblical amounts of water straight to the ground in a matter of a second. The crash brought my family out of the camper as well as the family next to us. In the end, my side brackets survived. However, the main roller is bent. It was a bit difficult to get it rolled back up for the travel home, but I finally got it in. The moral to the story... Always drop one side of the awning when you turn in (rain forecast or not)!! Please learn from me!