Tie down Electric Awning

It was stated above that the only ones he has seen torn up were ones not tied down. I can't say that. I've seen two or three shreaded still attached to the tie downs but pulled loose from the trailer. I have a manual awning and it takes less than 4 minutes to put up or down, add another 4 minutes to remove the roller hooks and lights if I have those installed. I will leave mine out with a good rain, strictly wind drives my decision to put it up. I also put it up if we won't be there. Wind gusts can come out of no where on a blue sky day as well as a cloudy day. To me the risk reward is a simple decision when we are talking at least hundreds of dollars for new fabric and or bent support arms and maybe thousands if it does damage to the camper where it attaches or the roof from being thrown on top of the camper, all of which I have seen on this forum or while camping. I know many tie down and say they've had no problems ever. Congrats on your winning streak. Hope it never ends. But I'm putting my money on the only sure bet.