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

I made the same mistake, but with even less excuse -- we went to Washington state for the first time, coming from dry California. We saw that the other folks in the campground had set up their awnings crooked -- I smugly told my wife "these people don't even know how to set up an awning."

Sure enough, the rain came. The tilted awnings did just fine. Mine didn't. Lesson learned.

Moral of the story -- if everyone is out of step except me, maybe it's me.