We were camping on Lake Texhoma this past weekend an had a very bad storm. The winds were 60 plus. I opened the camper door to see if my awning stakes were holding and lightning hit my christmas lights that i had strung around my camp site. It made a huge fireball and scared the daylights out of me. It didn't take me long to get my head back inside. The camper lost all power. I was able to get the ac going but the fridge, tv, and power converter was toast. I had to replace the gfi plug in the bathroom to get the 110 otlets working. The light strings were blown into 15 or more different pieces. All the male and female plugs as well as most of the light sockets were no where to be found. I got up Thursday morning to go to town and found that my new ram had been hit also. My radio,power windows,ac, and folding mirrows would not work. I took it to the dealership and they were able to get the ac, and radio to work again with a new flash. It blew out the power window module and its on a national back order. They don't know when it will be available. I feel pretty blessed that it was not worse than it was.
Awning held up fine.We were at an angle to the wind so it didn't get the full force of the wind.
classicdude wrote:
My gosh, this sounds terrifying! Were you pretty much out in the open, or were you surrounded by trees? Did you have surge protection (if so, it must have not protected)? How the heck did your awning ever survive? I know, lots of questions, but inquiring minds want to know! Glad you weren't hurt! I tend to obsess when storms approach...
Yes we were surrounded by trees. I had a surge protector hooked to the Christmas tree lights. I use those dog stakes that screw into the ground and extra large awning deflappers. I hold it down with tie down straps.
