Tie down Electric Awning

I have an 2014 trailer. I understand that Dometic removed the auto roll-up feature mid way thru 2013 and recalled the other awnings made prior to this. Form reading postings, the Dometic would roll up if you farted. Anyway, I usually leave mine out "un strapped" but open. This past weekend I woke up to a horrible racket and found that the awning was getting blown about, and at 2 AM I was outside losing the black knobs and then retreating inside waiting for a calm moment when both ends were level and hit the roll-up button. We ended up with an F1 tornado 30 miles away. The following day I opened up, no damage and this time I tied her down, We again had strong winds come through with more rain, I put her in storm position, and she held fast and true. The old trailer was non-electric and I always tied it down. I'd say 90% of the campers in our area tie theirs down, electric or not. Some leave them out when they are not camping and some roll em up. The answer is clear as mud ain't it! By the way, the only ones I've seen broken, are the ones that weren't tied down.